SHOCK

PEOPLE WILL DO ANYTHING TO GET ATTENTION. PSYCHOLOGY TEACHES WHEN THEY TRY TO SHOCK YOU, IT'S BEST TO IGNORE IT.  THIS TAKES AWAY THE THRILL THEY WERE SEEKING IN THE "OOOH! " SOMEONE WOULD SAY.

THE OTHER DAY I WAS SITTING AT ONE OF MY FAVORITE PEOPLE WATCHING AREAS IN MARSEILLE.  IT WAS A QUIET, NORMAL DAY.  ALL OF A SUDDEN THE PEACE WAS BROKEN. EVERYONE IN THE CITY SQUARE WAS RUNNING.  PEOPLE WERE SCREAMING.  I LOOKED TO THE RIGHT OF ME.  THE CITY SQUARE HAD A STREAKER - A NUDE RUNNER.

I SAW A MAN TAKING A PICTURE OF THE RUNNER.  AT THE CENTER OF THE SQUARE, THERE WERE A FEW PEOPLE CROSSING THE STREET; AND THEY WENT RUNNING AWAY. (SOME GAVE A YELL.)  THE MAN BACK TRACKED ONCE HE GOT TO THE STATUE IN THE CENTER AND WENT TOWARDS THE LOCAL FIVE STAR RESTAURANT.

WITHIN A COUPLE OF MINUTES THE POLICE ARRIVED.   (APPROXIMATELY 10 POLICE CARS)  EVIDENTLY THE RUNNER DIDN;T GIVE UP SO EASILY WHEN THE POLICE WENT TO CATCH HIM.  THE POLICE WERE "BEHIND THE SCENES" IN THE FIVE STAR RESTAURANT SECLUDED COVERED PATIO SITTING AREA FOR ABOUT FIVE MINUTES. FINALLY THE POLICE CAPTURED HIM AND PUT THE NUDE RUNNER IN AN AMBULANCE.

I 'SAW GODS' LOVING HAND IN THE MIDST OF ALL THIS. WHEN I LOOKED UP TO SEE WHAT THE COMMOTION WAS, THE RUNNER HAD HIS BACK SIDE TO ME.  OH! THE FRENCH RIVIERA   I PRAYED FOR THE MAN TO MAKE JESUS LORD AND SAVIOUR AND FOR THE AUDIENCE TO REALIZE IT WAS A SIN.  NOAHS' SON RECEIVED A CURSE WHEN HE TOLD HIS BROTHER ABOUT SEEING HIS FATHER ASLEEP AND NUDE.-

THERE'S NEVER A DULL MOMENT IN THE FRENCH RIVIERA. YOU CAN FIND AN OUTDOOR MOVIE IN A PARK, AN ART EXHIBIT AND VARIOUS CONCERTS ALL THE TIME.  IT'S A CITY FOR THE ARTS AND ADVENTURE.  MARANATHA LORD JESUS!