Nothing to Fear but 'FEAR ITSELF'

Has anyone seen the previews for the show coming up in the summer entitled, Fear Itself? The preveiws are very inappropriate to be shown before 8 O'clock! This is from the same people who made Saw, and other horror films. It is to be a different horror film each week. They are comparing it to the way the Twilight Zone was- what a comparison! Like the Twilight Zone was ever graphic or considered to be horror shows!

I am just amazed to what is considered appropriate by our society at this day and time. Everyone who knows me knows I have always loved scary movies. I always went to see the latest one in the theatres and loved the excitement and thrill it brought to me. The down side is that I am not strong enough to endure that and not have nightmares and I let it mess with my mind when my husband is away. Trent started traveling quite extensively with Alamosa/Sprint about three years ago. This is when I really realized the effect scary movies was having on me. About a year before that I had felt convicted by the things I was allowing int my mind that were not only NOT Godly but more the opposite! At that time I decided it was not good for me to see them in the theatre anymore, however I still watched things on regular television and a show on discovery about hauntings.

I have a good friend, the first new one I met when we moved to Lubbock, whom I have coffee with every Wednesday. I absolutely love our conversations and our time together. She shared something with me a few weeks ago that really set heavy on my heart. Something about filling our souls with things that de-sensitize us and are sure to come out of us in one way or another. She was talking about 'taking delight in the sins of others'........sound familiar? She meantioned that with the exception of most reality series almost every show on television is about someone being murdered, adultry, and very graphic at that.

I noticed this especially after having childrent b/c there was not much that could be on after dinner that they should be exposed to at such an early age. Another thing I have realized after having children is that if I don't want them seeing it, saying it, or doing it, I sure better not be either or what kind of example am I setting? But, after I put them to bed some of my favorite shows to watch (when I am able to control the remote when Trent is out of town!) are Law and Order, CSI, and Medium. Okay, as you know these are all about murder. They were exciting to me because of that! I think that would be considered 'taking delight in the sins of others'! Yes, of course I realize these are fictional (mostly) but they are things that happen on a daily basis in our world and why do I need to be seeing it so graphically. I am not talking about sheltering myself from reality, but rather not choosing it as my source of entertainment.

So, from that point on- after thinking about it more and the way it effects me I came to the decision to not watch that stuff anymore and go for comedy or old shows and movies instead. As I have mentioned in previous post, we don't watch just a whole lot of television anymore but its still my 'downtime' especially when I am on my own. I have to say I am a much happier person because of it! You are only afraid if you allow yourself to be or give yourself something to be afraid of! Yes, simple concept but it takes me awhile to realize and then put into action on many things.

I share this only because it might be somthing you have not ever thought about before (like me) in quite this way. I don't judge people who do not make the same decisions as I do. I just feel that God reveals things through friends and this is something that was revealed to me and something He would like me to share with the people I care about.