Hello everybody! I had lots of fun this week and anticipating the fun I am going to have over the break! It's still just as surprising how much fun you can still have without using social, or any kind of media really... I have encountered some more challenges than usual, now that it's been longer than two weeks, and i'm less busy. One example was the other day I went bowling with my friends, and they play music and music videos on the back wall, and it was torture for me, because a great song by my favorite band was playing!! It was so difficult to not sing along with it, and even more difficult not to listen to it when I got home that night. I concentrated on not focusing on it, and then said a silent and urgent prayer to God to help me restrain myself, since the friends I was with weren't christian, so the only person that could hold me accountable was myself. It seems like such a simple and meaningless thing, but the issue was not physically listening to the song, but spiritually dwelling on it, and resisting the temptation to break a commitment between yourself and God. I found that it was the perfect time to talk about it because this last Thursday at youth group, we talked about a verse in proverbs (I think? I can't remember which verse this was based off of :((( ) and how God will take any worries or anxieties that we have, and carry our burdens for us, if we let him. The conversation was focused a little more on the bad habits that he could help stop, but it was a very similar message to the 1st peter reference I made in an earlier post.
Hey I also just recently watched some veggie tales movies at my Aunts house, and I still remember how good those used to be when I was younger, and (they are quite addicting and fun) I am planning on watching a few more for the duration of the media fast, (and maybe even past that ;) ) Well, good luck to those doing the media fast, and congratulations for getting this far!! -Larryboy out
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