Turn Off the TV Week

April 23, 2006

In case you didn't know, this week is "Turn Off the TV Week" and I have to chuckle at these articles you see about "how to cope." I mean is everybody in America living life vicariously through a flickering screen and suffering withdrawal symptoms by going without a few days? When our first child was little, my husband and I became convicted that we needed to defeat the one-eyed monster and what a blessing it has been. I don't see that as legalistic – we hook it back up now and then for a special sports event or political happening and we do allow limited use of wholesome videos. It's just that we felt God would have us pull out the sewage line that was dumping carnality into our living room and we wondered if He would have us do something else with our time.

With a TV on, relationships don't get worked on and real mountains may never get climbed. Bibles don't get read, and children get ignored. (Not to mention it has been linked with damaging children’s attention spans by rewiring the brain). Think about it – once the tube is shut off, you are back at the same place in your life you were before. And minutes, maybe hours are gone. Time God gave you that you will never have again. Turning off the TV often bears fruit in better organization, a clearer life focus, and a more romantic and meaningful relationship between spouses. And the children have a mom and dad who are really there, not just there in body. They’ll remember that one day.

Anyway, just something to consider as we go through "Turn Off the TV Week".

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