Many don’t believe they’re affected by social toxins. All things are spiritual. Even if we don’t duplicate the sins depicted in songs, shows, books or movies, seeds are still being planted in our spirits. We should love what God loves and hate what God hates. But when those seeds are planted in our spirits, we develop a tolerance or a desensitization to what we should vehemently be against, simply because God is against it. Satan repackages sin. Offers it to us. And we take the bait. We call it entertainment, recreation, relaxation or whatever. Satan holas……got em! Satan knows that whatever we see as ok in any light (even if it’s only for our entertainment) we won’t have a sense of urgency to stand against. We lose our proactive power. We reduce ourselves to being reactive. We don’t speak up against certain sins until they meet us at our front steps. That adulterous character won’t be an issue until our significant other starts to tip out on us. Then we become sensitive to unfaithfulness. That funny crack head will always be funny until our loved one is strung out out drugs. We’ll just watch and shake our heads at that wayward teen until ours get pregnant or thugs out. Or that promiscuous single person living their life to the fullest, until your son or daughter brings home a baby or an STD. Or our favorite character is that flamboyant homosexual that makes us laugh so hard. Then we wonder why our children gravitate toward all these lifestyles even when we teach them they’re sinful. Maybe we can help by not being entertained by these lifestyles. I know many of the story lines are realistic. But we have to be mindful of what’s real entertainment and what’s satanic exploitation. When will we be able to be entertained by pictures of righteousness? Better yet, when will we desire to be entertained by pictures of righteousness? Are we really as spiritual as we say or think we are?
Tressa Jo
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