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The New York Daily News is reporting that Paris Hilton is apparently rethinking her life.

And on the seventh day, God created a new Paris.

America’s favorite heir-head called Barbara Walters on Sunday to tell the talk-show host about how jail has changed her and about the new direction her life will take upon release.

“I’m not the same person I was,” she told Walters, who recounted her words yesterday on “The View.” “I know now that I can make a difference, that I have the power to do that. I have been thinking that I want to do different things when I am out of here.”

“I have become much more spiritual,” added Hilton, who has at least two weeks left to serve in the medical ward of a Los Angeles County jail. “God has given me this new chance.”

This is a drastic new tack for the 26-year-old, who was previously known for partying and pampering rather than prayers and penance. But somehow, after only seven days in custody (including one night in the comfort of her own home), she’s been shocked into spirituality.

Before heading to jail, she was spotted toting religious books like “The Power of Now” and the Bible, making sure to carry them with their titles out so ­paparazzi could capture them. Many of her fans just thought the books were for show. But Walters claims that when she talked to Hilton, the imprisoned princess was serious and didn’t whine or complain. “She sounded tired but totally aware of what she was saying,” the journalist wrote on abcnews.com.

In her conversation with Walters, Hilton gave an explanation for her previous behavior and spoke about how she would like to behave in the future.

“I used to act dumb. It was an act,” she explained. “I am 26 years old, and that act is no longer cute. It is not who I am, nor do I want to be that person for the young girls who looked up to me.

“My spirit or soul did not like the way I was being seen and that is why I was sent to jail,” she continued. “God has released me.”

Hilton went on to outline the kinds of things she would like to do with her newfound goodwill, including help with research on breast cancer (which struck a grandmother) or multiple sclerosis (which affected her other grandmother). She even suggested the creation of a Paris Hilton Playhouse for children, where she could enlist the aid of toy companies to create a safe and happy haven for ailing children.

Walters said Hilton has a spiritual adviser who helped her come to these realizations. With that aid, Hilton says that she is “hanging in there,” and has decided to drop her appeal because she didn’t want to “cause any more problems.” Walters also said Paris told her mother, “I will never again have a drink and drive.”

Pat Nolan, vice president of Prison Fellowship Ministries and a former convict, told The News that while Hilton’s experience of finding God in jail is common, it’s not something that usually sets in so quickly.

“It’s a whole long process. You don’t change overnight,” said Nolan, who was a California assemblyman before being jailed on bribery charges. “The test will be, when she’s freed from this, will she say, ‘This has been a transformative experience. I will never be the same?’

“For some, they begin to think, ‘Hey, I got though this okay. I can handle it,’ and they forget the humility that they had inside,” said Nolan, whose experience at finding religion in prison led him to try to help others. “The temptations in the outside world are tough.”

I do not know whether this conversion is going to be something temporary or lasting. That is a question that is ultimately up to Paris Hilton to decide. However, I do think this situation is an example of how extreme wealth is probably more often a curse than a blessing. With her access to all of the money that she has access to, Paris Hilton essentially had no material needs. The result was that she unlike a lot of other people did not have to depend on God for providing her with the basic needs of life. As a result, she essentially lived for a couple of decades without realizing that a relationship with God is something that every person needs because a person cannot “live on bread alone.” (Luke 4:4) Every person also has spiritual needs that can only be met through a relationship with God.

Going to jail was a decisive moment for Paris Hilton because it removed all of the comforts that she had lived with her whole life. She had to now find something else to depend on other than her possessions, and at least for now, she seems to be correctly seeking out a true rock to act as the foundation for her life. Fortunately, there is no person who is too unrighteous for Christianity because Christianity is tailor made for sinners. Every person is a sinner that deserves God’s wrath, but every person can also freely receive the salvation that comes through the death of Jesus Christ. There is no sin too great for God to forgive.

Paris Hilton is an example of how it is very easy for human beings to get lost in every day life without ever stopping to contemplate the ultimate meaning of one’s life. Going to jail has temporarily forced Paris out of her every day life and blocked out all other people, which has forced her to begin to engage in some contemplative thought about the meaning of her own life. Hopefully, this contemplation will produce a genuine change of heart as as opposed to just something that only lasts as long as she is in jail.

(Posted by Trask)