Good Morning Girls!  A few years ago I got hooked on a particular tv show.  It was more than simply looking forward to watching it each week.  As soon as each episode was over, my friends and I would talk and compare thoughts and opinions.  We would talk about it all week.  We would try to guess what was going to happen next.  Would so and so get back together?  Don't you think this should happen?  Could you believe it when....?  It was fun at first, then I started having some "Spirit checks".  You know, those "feelings" you get when something just isn't quite right?  The Lord started working on my heart.  I realized that I spent more time talking about these fictional characters than I spent talking about last weeks message at church.   I had 13 Joyce Meyer teachings DVR'd that I hadn't watched, but my "show"  was always watched right away, no matter how inconvenient.  I sure didn't look as forward to Sunday morning, as I did "tv show" night.  Once this revelation came, the enjoyment of the show started to diminish.  I knew I had become too involved in this show.  It seemed so ridiculous, yet this show provided me with some escape, some drama, something to take my mind off of whatever may have been bothering me at the time.  You know, it is okay to use escape to get away......as long as we "escape"  in the Lord.  He will give us the break we need.  If your looking for drama, give the Old Testament a whirl.  There is plenty sex, money, and double crossings to rival any old tv show!  More importantly, when we escape to the Lord, He gives us the right answers.  He provides us with long term comfort and promises.  Not 46 minutes of cheap thrills that you should not be letting into your heart!  Now I would like to say that upon this revelation I immediately gave up the show.  Well, I didn't.  It took me a few weeks.  I rationalized and made excuses.  I think it was when I heard myself defending the show, that I realized my heart had a vested interest in an area that it shouldn't.  I let it go.  So did my friends, all in our own time.  Do I ever miss it?  Honestly.....NO! I thank the Lord that He cares enough about my heart to show me when things have crept in pushed Him out.

1 John 5:21  Dear children, keep away from anything that might take God's place in your hearts

Love you all-
Jen