Jan. 20, 2006 - Oh be careful little eyes what you see...
Life is to short to not live it abundantly, why does Satan always try to trick us into believing that we are missing out on something if we don't fall to his temptations. Yet again, I have had a conversation with my teenage son, who seemed to think that I was against him, his music, his friends, and everything he likes personally. He was under the impression that I just didn't want him to watch a certain movie, that his friend said was good, and didn't understand that I don't want to watch it myself. I tried reminding him without lecturing, that that old childhood song that says Oh be careful little "eyes, ears, mouth, and hands" what you "see, hear, say and do" isn't without merit. Though we can do whatever we choose, and we won't lose our salvation, we shouldn't abuse that Liberty in Christ.
We should all be careful what we see, read, watch, hear, listen, say, and do, and we should make sure that whatever it is, it isn't SIN. SIN, is prevalent in our world, the newest movies, the new song everyone thinks is cool, the book that just came out. PARENT or CHILD we ALL have to be careful what we renew our minds with. Romans 12:1-2 NLT (1) And so, dear brothers and sisters, I plead with you to give your bodies to God. Let them be a living and holy sacrifice--the kind he will accept. When you think of what he has done for you, is this too much to ask? (2) Don't copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will know what God wants you to do, and you will know how good and pleasing and perfect his will really is. Would it be cool to share the lyrics to the new song with Christ, would you be happy to sing it to Him? We should be able to do that. That is what "WWJD" is all about. We should be disgusted when we "see a movie" or "read a book" or "listen to a song" or "whatever" that sin is going on, it should repulse us to the point that we stop watching, reading, listening, or whatever to it.
May we as adults, be the witnesses for our children, so that they learn why we do what we do, and stop living the well I am an adult so I can "handle" it. Yet another LIE Satan has handed us that we have accepted.
After our conversation with our son, he asked if he could download music onto his ipod. My husband gave him permission to do so. I asked which cd's of my husbands did he want to download after looking at them I said which do you think I think are acceptable, and which do you think I might have a problem with? I told him that he was able to download them all as he had permission from his father to do so, but that I wouldn't listen to one of those cd's no matter how much money I would be given, because of its content. After I told him what the cd was about, I was impressed that he, on his own, chose not to download that cd even though he had the approval to do so from his father.
I love that God is at work in our home.
Comments
Jan. 20, 2006 - You are so right
Posted by Allison
Jan. 22, 2006 - hi there!
Posted by Anonymous
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