I could probably write a whole post about my feelings about Jon & Kate Plus 8 and my true sadness for their family. I don't really want to get into a big discussion of the ins and outs of their situation. I will say that I've watched every episode from the beginning, but think my watching will be more sporadic from now on. That said, I'm praying fervently for each of them that they will humble themselves before God and allow Him to transform them.
Related a little bit to this is the fact that I've really been noticing how much what I listen to and watch affects me and my thinking. Now I suppose that's always been the case, but lately I've really been linking this to my mood and outlook on things. I'm noticing more and more how much junk there truly is on t.v. So much that is crass and disrespectful to the core. So much that seems to relish in the negative traits of humanity. There's no standard of behavior to live up to. The worse the behavior is the more entertaining it's supposed to be. Sexual habits, displayed and applauded. Family disfunction, normal and played out for us all. Crude humor and coarse language, common place. All of it is beginning to leave a poorer taste in my mouth than ever before. And I'm having a harder time stomaching it. I'm beginning to desire a higher standard for myself. I'm beginning to guard my mind more--something I should've been doing all along. I don't like how I feel when I don't.
NIV
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.
Philippians 4:8
The Message:
Summing it all up, friends, I'd say you'll do best by filling your minds and meditating on things true, noble, reputable, authentic, compelling, gracious—the best, not the worst; the beautiful, not the ugly; things to praise, not things to curse.
Philippians 4:8
2 comments:
Great post Nikki! Thanks for sharing your thoughts. :)
This post is so true. Something interesting happened to our family in that over the past year we have had no TV. When we moved to our new home we decided against cable only because there is nothing on and how many channels? So we started ordering netflix and decided that our antenna would be good enough. Then really the antenna never really worked so we just figured why bother with the TV. So in about a little over a year we have not watched any TV programming, only movies and the occasional TV series we rented but no commercials. So then I happened to catch some TV at a friends house and I was SHOCKED at what was on. I thought gosh I probably would not even have noticed how bad this was if had been on and creeping into my subconsious for the last year.
( kind of like the old saying of the frog in the pot) That is when I decided no more Programmed TV for my family. So try turning your TV off for a year then back on again and see how SHOCKED you will be. It is a crazy experiment :)
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