Counsel - Hannah

Better late than never, right? :)
What an interesting chapter..I remember back at the beginning of my college yrs I was a counselor at a wknd retreat and felt convicted while at that retreat to quit listening to secular music-I took several of my secular CDs and broke them so that I wouldn't be tempted to listen.. I would leave shopping stores if they played music that I felt was dishonoring to God, etc... I lasted doing that for probably 6 months and then went back to listening to whatever. I'd say I went a bit extreme and though I wouldn't change that experience I wouldn't do it again. How can you reach the lost if you become so far disconnected from the present? I know that many things are of the world today soo yes, we must be on the lookout-what goes in, must come out, right? We do need to protect ourselves, just not to the extent of zero exposure-because then we can't relate at all.
I thought the statistics were interesting for phone/media/TV/computer/radio.

.. we don't watch too much TV anymore..as it seems we aren't home too much but I'll say that when we do or watch movie we don't monitor them as well as we prob should, especially for once B gets bigger and starts repeating things.
I do recognize that music plays a big role in my life..I listen all day at work ..all the time at home while cooking, cleaning, etc..I find if I listen to classical it relaxes me but listening to other secular music - though catchy - prob gives me more of an attitude..
The book talks about how Eve made the mistake of eating the forbidden fruit and how it was just a happenstance mistake - it was a result of several things - listening, engaging, accepting, then acting.
Phillippians 4:8- may we do this.
This chapter was a good reminder of watching what goes in, as I know it will come out.
Here's to another week of trying to wholeheartedly seek Him!