Sometimes I want to go live on a deserted island. Culture, you know.

I HATE when rock music is blaring anywhere we go. We don’t listen to anything but hymns or classical music. I can understand some old fashioned type music with no lyrics. I’d rather listen to upbeat ragtime or jazzy type…Todays pop music is WAY to sexual for ANYONE to hear without being embarrassed. Oh, how the Lord grieves. I would have had to leave. That IS sickening. I’m reading a book now Keeping The Little in Your Little Girl, I think it’s called. The moms will not think it’s so cute when their young lady (today’s society calls them “teen”) comes home pregant or has STD’s.  

If you find that deserted Island let us in on it, will you? Lol We are reading The Swiss Family Robinson right now. Sounds adventerous.

Tara

How horrible. The worst thing is, they can’t help it.  They are spiritually dead.  Then are slaves to sin.  Even more sobering – it’s only by God’s grace that I’m not there too.

Ephesians 2 tells me: As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins, 2 in which you used to live when you followed the ways of this world and of the ruler of the kingdom of the air, the spirit who is now at work in those who are disobedient. 3 All of us also lived among them at one time, gratifying the cravings of our flesh and following its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature deserving of wrath. 4 But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, 5 made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions —it is by grace you have been saved. 6 And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus, 7 in order that in the coming ages he might show the incomparable riches of his grace, expressed in his kindness to us in Christ Jesus. 8 For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith —and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— 9 not by works, so that no one can boast. 10 For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.

Lets praise our hearts out for God’s grace shown to us, pray our hearts out for these people/our culture/ and do everything we can to do the good works God has prepared for us to do.

We listen to all kinds of music, classical, folk, music from the theatre, Christian music modern and traditional, and some rock from days gone by…but we do not listen to the stuff that is on the billboard, or very seldom. The songs with swearing and sex in them are way over board and it is a huge problem for our world…parents are accepting things that they would not have done years ago…I think the culture is being saturated by so much rubbish these days that people accept it as the norm. I read that a high percentage of young teen boys are watching up to 2 hours of pornography a night now, what will that mean for the young woment of the future. It is getting worse and worse and it is a minefield. The girls are shocked by a lot of what they see on the street, let alone whatever might be in the music or modern film. I just think as parents we need to be discerning and careful about these things…and warn of the nasty things that are out there when our children are old enough to grasp it. Sorry you had to hear all that junk Christie…it is all so shocking and vile.

I agree with all you all have shared here.  I see this all the time and I’m in a teeny town of less than 1500 people so I’m not sure Mayberry would have survived today untarnished either!  We have to stay strong with our children.  I agree compeltely Chrisitie with not being of the world but of living in it.  I feel I am of some service when I am able to raise concerns and exhibit a different way to go about things.  Truthfully it is a reminder to me too … be more careful not to fall into these cultural traps myself. 

In reality, we would have stayed also, but would have had to tell my girls to go and swim and not watch the girls performing. They’d probably whisper, “Mommy! They are singing rock music!” 

It is by God’s grace and divine mercy we’ll all find pure mates for our children someday. It’s sickening how young children are getting addicted to pornography and such or even can’t cope without an iPhone or other electronic device. My girls don’t ask to get on the computer much. They get on once per day for typing practice. We don’t watch tv during the week, some weekends lately have gone by with no tv. Life’s too short to waste watching other people’s lives on the boobtube.

The reason the kids listen to some of this garbage is b/c the parents do too. I am assuming most of you never watch American Idol, but Lauren Alaina who got 2nd place last year was one of my former students when I taught music in the public schools. When she auditioned for the talent show as a second or third grader we had to make her change her song b/c she would choose something like Christine Agueliera (sp?) that was not appropriate for children. It is very sad, but nothing new under the sun.

I have a friend who once said she wanted her son exposed to things of the world. WHAT?!?! She didn’t want him clueless and naive I guess. I will keep one innocent as long as possible, and when we encounter things we will address them.