I remember getting into arguments with my youth pastor about how music effects you. I was convinced that since I was a country music fan that the messages of the songs were just about life... It wasn't until years later when I went back to some of that music and realized in more depth what they were singing about and somethings about the different artists that I began to start understanding what he was trying to get us to see. That whole phrase, "garbage in, garbage out" really is true. I find that if I am reading, listening, watching things that are not uplifting they are filling my mind. If I watch a scary movie I have have a night mare. It happens every time. How can I justify watching something like that if it's going to mess with my mind. The movie probably didn't even scare me when I was watching but it will scare me during my sleep. And then there's the times when I would hear myself humming a song that I know is promoting things that I don't agree with.
I am particularly interested in staying away from things that are geared at encouraging young women to not focus on the wonder of their purity. I make it a conscious effort to filter what I allow into my mind and heart. I block apps on facebook that promote an ungodly idea of who I am; I don't read magazines that encourage women to look at themselves as sex objects.
Philippians 4:8 Finally, brothers and sisters, 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.
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
What do I fill my heart with?
Posted by Andrea at 12:54 PM
Labels: idenity, movies, music, night mares, purity, sex, women's issues
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