During our "1st Semi-Annual No TV Week" I realized many things:
- Many times when I turned the tv on there was something else that I should've been doing.
- I used the television as a babysitter way too often.
- I had my attention divided between the tv, the laundry (or some other task), and my kids rather than just being with them.
- The TV was my first go to when I was board, tired, or plain lazy.
- Having minimal external voices filling our home helped to prepare us to hear the word of the Lord at Conference.
So please, FEEL FREE TO JOIN US IN OUR
3rd SEMI-ANNUAL NO TV WEEK - March 27 - April 1
(Leave a comment at let us know if you plan to join in the fun,
this may serve as a little extra motivation and accountability in following through.)
(Leave a comment at let us know if you plan to join in the fun,
this may serve as a little extra motivation and accountability in following through.)
And just in case you need even a little more motivation read these quotes from a previous post or click on the following links to read two complete posts:
I challenge us to change this stat within the walls of our homes:
"American children and adolescents (and I'd add some adults) spend 22 to 28 hours per week viewing television, more than any other activity except sleeping. By the age of 70 they will have spent 7 to 10 years of their lives watching TV."-- The Kaiser Family Foundation
And far too often those hours spent are in watching programs that are far from uplifting:
“Again I say, leave it alone. Turn it off, walk away from it, burn it, erase it, destroy it. I know it is hard counsel we give when we say movies that are R-rated, and many with PG-13 ratings, are produced by satanic influences. Our standards should not be dictated by the rating system. I repeat, because of what they really represent, these types of movies, music, tapes, etc. serve the purposes of the author of all darkness.”
-Elder H. Burke Peterson
What a bold statement that a lot of the media out there is "produced by satanic influences" and "serve the purposes of the author of all darkness". It is scary to think that we often are allowing satan to be our entertainer. We are allowing him to keep us company, to make us laugh, and to fill our minds with his filth. We must be so careful to not allow the rating system to determine our standards but allow our conscience and our personal standards to do so. And sometimes Satan is simply striving to make us idle away our time and distract us from what is most important.
TV, Television, the Tube, Flat Screen?
A Little Experiment
And while you're televisions are off you'll have plenty of time to prepare your family for conference. I will have a Pre-General Conference post coming sometime this weekend.
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