Kill Your TV

Thoughts on a Thanksgiving Day:

I swear people need to stop watching television.

I'm so anti-television these days. I see the influence in all my peers. There is a lot of television-watching going on around me now. I thank God today (Thanksgiving) that He kept me away from regular television throughout my youth. Commercials and news are poison to a child. The two-hour movies that we watched every night gave me the idea that life happens in two hours. It's taken me long enough to begin changing that programming. Imagine if I'd been filled with 30-second spots my whole life. I weep for my generation. Whenever I see how television has influenced someone, I flinch because I know that it's not really who they are. Hours upon hours of watching TV is going to show. Thanksgiving Day people watch a LOT of TV. The parade, the football game, the sci-fi marathons. I am one to watch the Twilight Zone marathon if I can catch it. It's tradition to get tripped out on tryptophan and run on beta waves until pumpkin pie time. Some people nap, others zone out. It's expected of us.

I've been infatuated, fantastical, heartbroken, confused, frustrated, blissful, calm, and finally I am content. I'm content to wait on the LORD to see what becomes of us. No expectations or complicated assessments. My eyes are steady on God.