Practice What You Preach

Something has been bugging me lately.  I hear Christians all the time complain about how horrible media is and how it has just infiltrated our homes.  They make it sound like they have no say in whether or not those things are in there homes or not.  You see the thing is you do have a choice.  You could not watch them.  Or better yet just cut cable out of your life completely.

So, here's the question.  If this is how Christians feel, then why don't they do something about it instead of just continually complaining.  Why let your kids watch too much TV or spend too much time on the computer?  Why do we as adults come home from work and sit ourselves down in front of the TV and remain there for the rest of the night with the exception of eating?  Oh wait.  I forgot.  We eat in front of the TV too.

When was the last time you ate dinner at the table together as a family?  Do you eat dinner in front of the TV more than one night a week?  I can understand special Friday night movie nights.  But come on.  What ever happened to the good old family style meals where the family gathers around the dinner table and shares a meal together?  I'll tell you what happened to it.  We let the media and the world take it away from us.  Did you notice how I said let.

That's right.  We let the media fill our homes with all that garbage.  We are letting the media take family from us.  We are letting media influence us and our children.  If you don't like it then do something about it.  Everyone has heard the saying, "practice what you preach".  In other words if you are going to get on your soap box and gripe and complain about media and how horrible it is, then you better be willing to back those words up and actually take action.  Otherwise what you are saying doesn't mean a thing.

My challenge to you all is that if you feel this way about media, then do something about it.  Don't just preach about it.