Real, Honest Confessions: She Speaks

Maybe Christians should feel convicted all the time when the way they live their lives confront the truth. I don’t know – but I do know that today I was convicted. I know a lot of times when you try to share what God is showing you the other person gets all defensive, probably because they might be participating in the very thing that you feel convicted of. Let me be clear that I am speaking only from my own experience and there is no judgement aimed towards you (all two of you, hee hee).

The speaker today talked of many different influences in our lives from TV, Internet, the workplace, our relationships and how, if we are not careful, we’ll can become calloused or indifferent to the very things that, at one time, were one time offensive to us. The area that particularly hit me was that of television.

There are only a very few shows that I enjoy watching – among those are House and Grey’s Anatomy and between the two of them, there is plenty of fornication, premarital sex, vulgar talking and all kinds of things that are offensive to God and, can I even add, things that He calls sin. Yet I sit and watch and laugh and enjoy watching those very things. It just doesn’t sound quite right to me that I would be entertained by the things that grieve God (and I’ll add that is the reason that I don’t go for Harry Potter. It might be fiction and written to entertain but it is witchcraft plain and simple and that offense got you a death sentence in Biblical times).

We talked about how after awhile we start thinking, “well, it’s not that bad” and then we list our excuses of why it’s okay to watch/do/listen to what we do. After awhile, like I mentioned before, the things that once offended us are now everyday occurences in our lives. I was struck and alarmed at how when I do this, soon my spiritual eyes and ears become dull. I don’t think I will be as likely to hear from God when these things are allowed in my life.

What we see and hear and treat as common or normal will, if left unchecked, work itself out in our life. Scriptures say if your eye offends you, pluck it out – I think there is a connection here. So, even though I want to know what happens with McDreamy or with Greg – I’m going to have to pass. It’s not going to be easy I know – I am actually interested in what goes on in their “lives” but lately I am finding myself wanting more and more of the presence of God in my life. I don’t think I am going to get any farther until I get what He calls sin out of my life.

Thanks for hearing me out this far. It helped me to be able to voice it! I’m all for discussion, encouragement and comments, if you have any. Remember, this is all about me (and Him) and again, no judgement towards you! (You have to love me!!)

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