It is sometimes really hard to keep our minds on the things of God. I say this because I've been doing research about some shows that my middle daughter has been watching lately. Scott and I have not felt right about them, but to try and explain to our daughter that she can't watch them because of a feeling we have wasn't working out to well. So I did some research today on these shows. What are the shows saying to our daughter, what is the christian perspective on them, were two questions that I wanted answered in my search today.
I found my answer in my internet search. I found a great article that spoke just what I needed to hear and what later today my daughter will hear. It's going to be very tough for her to hear all of this...and tougher yet will be our conclusion that she is not to watch these shows any longer. Why will it be tough? Because most of her friends are watching these shows, and it's very hard to give something up when our family knows full well that the other kids will be allowed to continue watching these shows.
We all have those things that we know are wrong for us to do, but yet we keep going with them. We know deep down that God does not approve of the action or thought, but it seems so innocent, it seems like it might be ok for us to do it because we are strong enough not to get in too deep, or we know God will forgive us anyway, right? These are not good attitudes to have. God knows what's best for us and that's why He gives us guidelines to follow.
The article I found used scripture to teach the reader how to judge for themselves whether something was good or not:
“Finally brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable — if anything is excellent or praiseworthy — think about such things. Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me — put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you.”
Think for a minute about that list of words: true, noble, right, pure, lovely, admirable, excellent and praiseworthy. This is a great verse to revisit time and time again not only with anime and manga but also with all our media decisions (such as movies, TV shows, video games and music)."
I will share the link at the bottom of my post if you want to read his article.
Is there something in your life that doesn't fit with this scripture? Something that gives you that "gut check" everytime you think about it, but you continue it anyway? I challenge you to give it up for Christ. He can see the world and our lives so much clearer. He sees the big picture when we can't.
If you aren't a parent right now, pretend you are for the sake of the example. Say your child is walking in a parking lot with you, and they want to run to the store entrance. You know that it's safer to walk and look for vehicles, but they don't understand this, so what do they do? They let go of your hand and take off running, right at the moment you see a car coming. You can see the car, but they cannot. You see the danger when they do not.
Remember God is our wonderful Father in Heaven. He sees the "cars" in this "parking lot" of a world. Let Him hold your hand and lead you safely to the "store entrance".
http://www.thechristiandefense.com/viewtopic.php?t=7776
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