A Quiet Little Woman

violence in videos

This past week we have been watching a movie as a family, a VERY long movie I might add!  I really was enjoying it, but feeling kind of like I shouldn't watch it as it was really violent and there were some inappropriate things (nothing bad, just enough to make me uncomfortable).  I woke up one morning after watching it the night before and I felt terrible!!  I felt unclean, full of bad thoughts and just down right terrible!!  I prayed to feel clean again, and felt like I shouldn't watch it again.  On sunday in sacrament meeting I just didn't feel worthy to partake of the sacrament and renew my covenants, so I was praying and praying and commited that I wouldn't watch the rest.  It was really had to keep my commitment, as the rest of my family watched it... but I felt clean and pure again!!

Interestingly enough, I have been so angry the past week!  I usually am not a very angry person, but I have been SO angry!  I didn't want to be, I just was!  I have been praying that I wouldn't be and remembered something I had learned from an email I had recieved awhile ago.  This is a video that everyone should watch (How Television Affects Your Brain Chemistry -- And That's Not All!)!!  It is only 4 minutes long, but so good!!  We are all being brain washed when we watched tv and movies!!  Scary thought!  It's no wonder I was feeling violent, I was watching Robin Hood!!

This experience has really made me think about my movie standards...  as a family we have commited to not watch anything worse than PG.  We don't even watch some PG and G as they are so crude and disgusting!!  But I think that I need to raise the bar on my movie standards and become better.  My church has a booklet of standards that we are supposed to live (you can go HERE to view it if you want) and under Entertainment and the Media it says "Do not attend, view, or participate in entertainment that is vulgar, immoral, violent, or pornographic in any way. Do not participate in entertainment that in any way presents immorality or violent behavior as acceptable... Depictions of violence often glamorize vicious behavior. They offend the Spirit and make you less able to respond to others in a sensitive, caring way. They contradict the Savior’s message of love for one another."

I pray that I may be able to change my movie standards and wisely use every moment for the glory of GOD, in the service of others and for the edification of myself!! 

“If there is anything virtuous, lovely, or of good report or praiseworthy, we seek after these things” (Articles of Faith 1:13). 

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11:35, Wednesday, June 4, 2008 .. Posted by GypsyFarmGirl

Thats great you were able to uphold to your personal convictions, as you can see the Lord gave you strength to overcome that temptation to watch the rest of the movie. There quite have been a purpose to you being uncomfortable, have you talked with your family about what you experianced?

JEANNIE

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12:11, Thursday, June 5, 2008 .. Posted by gabbie427

I am proud of you for upholding your personal convictions on this. Hubby and I used to watch a favorite TV show of ours, and suddenly a few weeks ago, we were both convicted and decided not to watch that show anymore as well. Maybe if enough of us do this, the producers will stop making these type of shows!!

God's Blessings,
Amy Jo

Good for you!

08:34, Friday, June 6, 2008 .. Posted by jesusbmylight

It's wonderful that God has blessed you with such a finally tuned conscientious and that you act on it. I know how hard it is to go against your will, I'm sad to say I don't do it as often as I should, but I always feel so much better when I do... Like God is just waiting for us to open our hearts, minds and hands to His blessings and than He can rain them down. :-) teehee!

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12:05, Tuesday, June 10, 2008 .. Posted by ByHisForgiveness

Good for you! I know exactly what you are talking about!

There's a good tape by Mose Stoltzfus over at Charity Gospel Tape Ministries (charityministries.org I think!) entitled "Why I Don't Have a Television Set" or something like that. It is THE BEST sermon on the subject that I have ever heard. You should order it (it's free) and give it a listen. I think it will uphold your convictions for you and perhaps give your relatives something to think about too, if you can relay the information on the tape to them.

God bless you~ Andrea
XOXOXO

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01:25, Wednesday, June 11, 2008 .. Posted by a1health

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