I was wondering how much of my life is spent doing things that just don’t please God. Much of my time is spent going from one place to another in my small apartment and never seeming to accomplish anything. I start things and don’t finish them. I waste time but my mind is always thinking about how far our society has drifted from the things we called right 50 years ago.
I spend minutes searching for something on TV that I could watch and not see God’s laws trampled on. Since I don’t’ just sit and watch TV, (I’m usually ironing or getting something else done, I don’t know actor’s names nor am I current with who’s who from Hollywood etc. often, I find the old Matlock reruns, or will glance up at a Doc rerun. I’ve even watched the old Mission Impossible series for a spell. That was when television was good – it was in black and white or early “tech-ni-color” was just being made popular…
Today I want to spend my time on the things that will please God. Oh, I’ll clean, cook, run errands and do other things I have on my agenda, but I will thoughtfully clear my activities from things that fill my mind with worthlessness. I will turn off the media that fills the air and not read print with things about enjoying sexual pleasures outside of the vows of matrimony, where men and women are portrayed as completely satisfied with several partners and the lust of greed prevails. I want to make sure my heart has not become hardened to the laws that God has given for our own protection.
Ps 119:36 Turn my heart toward your statutes and not toward selfish gain.
37 Turn my eyes away from worthless things; preserve my life according to your word. NIV
