11 When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I gave up childish ways. (1Cor.13:11)
Today, I celebrate 38 years of life lessons. I know to my more seasoned friends, I hear you saying..."awwh shucks that aint nothing...." and I say you may be half right if that's possible because while that's not many years, if those years are spent enduring any type of abuse, brokenness, tragedy, dodging cultural statistics, etc......there is something to be said about having avoided what has become set backs to many others.
As I was riding back from a blessed beginning to my birthday with enjoying breakfast with my wife, kids, and my parents....I was listening to a particular radio program and began to really see where at 38 I definitely have evolved if you will, in my thinking. I have really avoided doing a couple of reviews on movies that I have recently seen simply because one of my reviews (through a Christian scope) would immediately put many people on blasts just by their responses to my review or facebook post, so at the risk of doing that here's what I have:
Paul is talking about a person maturing, and truth be told that comes to different people, at different ages, at different times, based on your life's experiences. I want to apologize but I can't, I don't find it entertaining or worth my hard earned dollar to invest it in movies that degrade women, fill my ear, head, and heart with filthy conversation that other's find knee slapping, and gut busting hilarious. Nor being married and having daughters I think it's appropriate to fund movies laced with sexual innuendos that promote or make light of premarital sex or infidelity all to arrive at a happy ending. Don't get me wrong there was a time when I thought movies like Eddie Murphy RAW, American Pie, and a few others I dare not to mention I thought were the funniest movies I saw until I attempted to gather with a few buddies about 12 years ago to watch them again, only to be sickened, and embarrassed and not just me but the other 4 people to the point we immediately returned the movies, demanded our monies back, and went home looking at each other saying....."wow...we have really changed, we used to really laugh it up...what's happened to us?" I submit to you we GREW up in our understanding. Thanks be to GOD!
So what about you? Let me go back to Paul, sure when you were a child, adolescent, teen, young adult however you want to term it, you had a totally different perspective on what was cool to watch, or listen to. Have you evolved at all? Have you matured or do you still do and are entertained by what would now be perceived as possibly foolishness? Before you go off the deep end, if you know me....I love having a good time (from playing games like MJ Experience on Wii, or Call of Duty every blue moon, or watching an action thriller, or comedy), and even quote a movie or two in ministry communications...but all in all I guess the best way to frame it;
Would Jesus enjoy that movie, that song, or that show with you......or would you have a difficult time enjoying it because you'd feel uncomfortable with Him there? I am almost to the place where if I'm in my "man cave" and Tre wants to hang out with me....that if he can't watch it and enjoy it too...that is a POSSIBLE SIGN I don't need to be watching it either.
Having kids, being married.....they all have a way of changing your perspective on things....heck enduring the pangs of life can too.....but the question is have you allowed any of them to help you mature? Thanks for reading...GOD BLESS. LGLP
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