This Weeks Fast-No Television

So I decided that this week I would not watch any television or movies at all, for a week. It's the first day and I have discovered something really interesting about myself. I come home today after recording my buddys band and I sit down on the couch ready to turn on the TV to drown me out into a daze, then I stop myself. Why do I go directly to the TV? Why not directly to my Bible? Or directly to prayer? I realize that some of the reasons I watch TV shows like Friends, The Office, and so on is because I feel like I can relate to the characters on the show. Somehow I feel that I gain something from zoning out and just watching these plot lines carry out. This is a huge fallacy.

It is SO easy to immerse ourselves into these mindless acts like drowning out or lives with TV, or just putting on headphones and blasting music. Why do we choose to drown out these sad/frustrated/angry feelings? Why don't we step up and confront them? Does it help us to just sit there and unwind in front of the TV? We can gain so much more from delving into the Bible! So that is what I am doing.

I feel like today I cracked open a door that will lead me to great things. Spending free time reading the Bible, praying, reading theology, and just pondering God's glory will bring us so much more satisfaction.  Now, I am not shunning away television or movies for good. I just need to take this week to step back and assess the way I am spending my time. I can't believe how hard it was to pull myself away from that TV.