Rythme or Reason?

Well, I am back in my own home. I have been house sitting since Sunday at my parents while they help out with the older kids and sister in law was giving birth to Luke. I don’t mind at all, in fact it was kind of fun, but after awhile I was jumping at the bit to be in my own home. It is strange how I can yearn for my own bed! Although, I did sleep great there. They have a Murphy bed in one of the spare rooms and it is very comfortable.

I did get to watch quite a bit of television, and while watching it I realized two things. One, television gives me a headache! A big whopping headache. I am sure that if I was better acclimated to the television watching it wouldn’t be so bad, but yikes did that hurt! I don’t think it helps that my parents have a 56’ (or 52’) flat screen tv.

And the second…televisions shows and commercials can be completely vile!! I know there are a lot of shows out there that have great acting, and are very moving, but what in the world are people watching?! I caught the first 5 minutes of Bones, which started at 8 p.m., and had to turn it off because it was making me physically sick with all the graphic corpse scenes. You would think I would have gotten the clue, considering it is called Bones, but I'm slow. But at 8 o’clock at night??? Aren’t kids still up at that time? This is what they are seeing?

And I hate to bring up another show, that I KNOW people love, and that I didn’t see this week…but I have to go there...Grey’s Anatomy. The acting that I have seen on this show (the few times I have come across it) is incredible, however, the content is truly disgusting. I don’t think I have ever seen a show that is so full of sexual immorality before (not including cable, of course). I won’t get on my soapbox about how inappropriate I think these shows are for Christians, cause I would be up there a long time.

I guess, I just don’t see what is so attractive about flagrant adultery…just to name one icky issues that is a center point of the entire show. What must God think of what we are putting into our minds. And do we really think watching stuff like doesn’t mess with our minds on some level? I am not saying I am perfect. I watch stuff that probably isn’t the best. What scares me is that people are pushing the envelope on all these shows and most of us just seem to blindly going along for the ride.

I definitely won’t be getting cable (i.e. any tv channels) anytime soon. Seriously, I have said it before, and I will say it again...I think I was born in the wrong era.