RE: Living Amongst The Culture, Not Of It
it can be a very slippery slope into getting sucked into this culture’s mindset.
Absolutely. It's like the world is constantly demanding our attention, constantly trying to influence our opinions and thoughts. But we do not conform to the pattern of this world, we must renew our mind of Christ everyday.
Do you ever feel like you’re walking on a fine line?
Yes, it's surprisingly easy to get caught up and swept away with current events. I used to never pay attention to the "news" but these days it's difficult to not keep up. And it takes a lot of effort to filter out the bias and just get the information to form our own opinion and not be molded by the media.
We can't help being in this world, but we can help being OF this world. I bless the Most High and remember His Holy Day and turn off the media for a while and continue to build that relationship with the Savior further as we attempt to walk the path laid out for us.
It sure does. And it doesn’t help when other’s try to pull you to their side in the name of “you don’t want to deprive your kids.” We don’t go every weekend, but when we do go, my guard is up to make sure we don’t go down the wrong path.
Turning off the media for the day is a great way to turn our mind away from distractions and focusing on spending our time with Him.