In 100 Simple Words #4

They had been having a meeting. Megan, Kelsey, and Jenny. They had wanted to take the story she was working on and turn it into a movie.

Then Megan exploded, got greedy, and stole the story. Kelsey gritted her teeth, remembering the day. Megan had claimed that she wrote the story and was on her way to a producer.

The tears came. Kelsey wiped them away.

Today was my birthday. My friends had thrown me a party. Yet I feel so empty and alone.

The silence around her seemed to only created an echo for her despair.

Where is God?

In 100 Simple Words #4

They had been having a meeting. Megan, Kelsey, and Jenny. They had wanted to take the story she was working on and turn it into a movie.

Then Megan exploded, got greedy, and stole the story. Kelsey gritted her teeth, remembering the day. Megan had claimed that she wrote the story and was on her way to a producer.

The tears came. Kelsey wiped them away.

Today was my birthday. My friends had thrown me a party. Yet I feel so empty and alone.

The silence around her seemed to only created an echo for her despair.

Where is God?

Simply Grateful # 29

Day 29

Movies. They are so fun, relaxing, sometimes encouraging, and enjoyable. 

Simply Grateful # 14

Day 14

Dreams that God has allowed me to live out, small and big. Being in a movie, getting a kitchenaid mixer, acting in a play, writing plays, having close friends, making a lovely cross stitched nativity, learning ASL, and growing in the knowledge and love of God. And I’m grateful for the dreams that I still have to live out.    

Simple Honesty: Part 7

Movies, music, and more.

I like movies. Personally movies affect me more than books do. Consequently I have to be very careful about what I watch. I try to keep my standards very high.

But since we are being honest, I need to tell you that I’ve failed a lot in this area. I have caved to pressure (even self-made pressure) more than I would like to admit. And each time I’ve regretted it. To this day those images haunt me. Thankfully I have a God who is rich in Love and Mercy. He continually reminds me that no matter how I fail, He loves me.

Yet the question comes to mind, how much should we watch, read or listen to secular media? This is one question I am still trying to work out. Yet even here I think I’m making a mistake. I’m separating the media in my life by if it honors God or not. Everything that’s in my home whether it has a “Christian” label on it or not, should focus on the true, the noble, the lovely, the right, the lovely, the praiseworthy, and the excellent. Sometimes (more often than I would think) I find these things behind secular labels. The label shouldn’t be what we focus on. It should be the content. If the content is demoralizing, depressing, degrading of human life, has a lot of vulgarity, or characters that don’t honor and respect each other, we need to think seriously about whether we should put that into our minds.

It comes down to this. What I put into my brain will come out. If I put in good, good will come out. If I put in bad, bad is going to come out. So I need to be very careful what I put in. No matter what label it wears, we should watch or not watch movies, read or not read books, listen or not listen to music based on whether it puts good or bad thoughts into our head.

For the media that you just want to read, watch, or listen to because it gives you an adrenaline rush, don’t make excuses. There are things that I enjoy just because they’re fun. Enjoy them as gifts from God, just make sure that they are a small portion of what you take in.

Media is a powerful tool for good or for bad. Let it be a tool for good.  

Simply Be

Source

Don’t run from who you are – The Voyage of The Dawn Treader. So true. God created each of us differently. We all have different passions, feelings, hopes, dreams. 

Embrace them. Be the person that God has made you to be. There will always be people that think you are strange and will try to convince you that you are wrong. Just let it slide. 

Live as the person that God created you to be no matter how out of the box that is.