my mind the meat grinder
this week's sermon in "big church" was overcoming impure thoughts.
i always love it when cal talks about this stuff... i've never gone to a church that confronts things so truthfully and upfront.
most pastors and churches will beat around the bush when it comes to sex. not northwoods. i actually heard the word "porn" more times in this sermon than i think i have all year (of course... it IS only feb)
but one thing cal said sticks out. it went something like "what you put in your mind controls your thoughts and controls you."
so basically, what i'm putting in, i'm producing out.
this was a good point, but i didn't realize how much i needed to hear it at the time.
b/c after the sermon on sat. night, i watched when harry met sally and we fast forwarded through the diner part. you know... the DINER part...
i've never done that before. censored a movie. i was almost disappointed that i would be missing out on a part of a movie. i hate that. i'm kind of OC about that, in fact. i think i'd poo my pants in a movie theater before getting up to go to the bathroom. but we fast forwarded through sally's faking it.
then i remembered something charlie said once when we went to a movie... he told me he diverts his eyes from the screen when there's a graphic sex scene. for months now i've thought that was a little more than strange. he's married, a pastor, a father, and a little older and wiser than me. and HE edits things from the movies he watches? really? are you kidding?
then, i went to see underworld evolution with jeff mcallister sunday afternoon. [this is a sequel to a vampire movie] and in the first one, there was no sex scene. in the second one, though... there were a couple.
and here's what i did... i looked at the floor.
during the sex scenes, i looked at the floor.
and you know what i realized? i didn't miss anything.
those two movies i watched this weekend weren't lacking b/c i didn't see some boobage. in fact, it's totally weird to me, but i liked those movies more by seeing less of them.
i always love it when cal talks about this stuff... i've never gone to a church that confronts things so truthfully and upfront.
most pastors and churches will beat around the bush when it comes to sex. not northwoods. i actually heard the word "porn" more times in this sermon than i think i have all year (of course... it IS only feb)
but one thing cal said sticks out. it went something like "what you put in your mind controls your thoughts and controls you."
so basically, what i'm putting in, i'm producing out.
this was a good point, but i didn't realize how much i needed to hear it at the time.
b/c after the sermon on sat. night, i watched when harry met sally and we fast forwarded through the diner part. you know... the DINER part...
i've never done that before. censored a movie. i was almost disappointed that i would be missing out on a part of a movie. i hate that. i'm kind of OC about that, in fact. i think i'd poo my pants in a movie theater before getting up to go to the bathroom. but we fast forwarded through sally's faking it.
then i remembered something charlie said once when we went to a movie... he told me he diverts his eyes from the screen when there's a graphic sex scene. for months now i've thought that was a little more than strange. he's married, a pastor, a father, and a little older and wiser than me. and HE edits things from the movies he watches? really? are you kidding?
then, i went to see underworld evolution with jeff mcallister sunday afternoon. [this is a sequel to a vampire movie] and in the first one, there was no sex scene. in the second one, though... there were a couple.
and here's what i did... i looked at the floor.
during the sex scenes, i looked at the floor.
and you know what i realized? i didn't miss anything.
those two movies i watched this weekend weren't lacking b/c i didn't see some boobage. in fact, it's totally weird to me, but i liked those movies more by seeing less of them.
Interesting entry. I was searching for a sermon and came across it. I go to Bradley Epworth on University and your thoughts reminded me of something we talked about a couple months ago at church that really convicted me of what I was putting into me (as far as secular movies and music and tv are concerned). God has so much more intended for us than to for us to fill ourselves with those fruitless things that are not of Him and will only hinder us and our work in His kingdom.
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