I have long ago sworn off watching TV. It just isn't a part of my life and I don't miss it.
I haven't enjoyed popular music for almost as long. You can call me fuddy-duddy, but I am more "entertained" by a sermon or a Christian song. Everything else is just so cheap and meaningless. And I know this God's work in my life.
Last week, I read the Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck despite the feeling that I shouldn't. I feel the worse for having done so. It left me with so many negative emotions. It really was Ecclesiastes "all is vanity" personified. I have decided that I don't need that in my life. Just because you are reading doesn't mean you doing good. Books don't always make you think, but they always make you feel. Naturally, as I have sought a higher state of mind, I have given up murder mysteries and fantasy. But now I am no longer interested in the more "realistic" or historic novels. I have also decided to refuse to read any more celebrity biographies, they have such ridiculous, empty lives. I feel capable of understanding others without reading fiction about the ugliness of life. I can see plenty of that without reading about it for fun in my "free" time.
What I want is Truth which is so much better than reality. Reality can leave you feeling empty and desperate while Truth is full of wisdom and life and love and beauty.
Happy reading,
Verity
