tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5335087494258260106.post7497665855381583199..comments2023-10-26T04:17:07.468-04:00Comments on grace every day: The Power Of MusicBethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03119943581970095780noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5335087494258260106.post-25494986697448184842009-03-21T23:43:00.000-04:002009-03-21T23:43:00.000-04:00Remember "garbage in, garbage out"? It sure appli...Remember "garbage in, garbage out"? It sure applies here. If they put a lot of trashy thoughts into those beautiful minds, some trashy behaviors might work there way out. Being a parent is not for wimps. God doesn't want us to be their friends, but their guides. We don't need to let kids make decisions about anything that they are not equipped intellectually, or emotionally to handle. Sometimes it means what music they hear. Music like that can leave victims in it's wake and we don't want our kids hurt. We can't stop it, but we can guide and when necessary, just say no. It's ok, that's why God gave kids parents, they are smarter and more experienced at making choices.vickihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01295370275383172844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5335087494258260106.post-32214597671563967492009-03-10T07:25:00.000-04:002009-03-10T07:25:00.000-04:00Thanks Beth.. awesome post and I totally agree. I...Thanks Beth.. awesome post and I totally agree. I have tried to explain to Amanda why I don't want her listening to these songs.. without getting into so much of those details.. she really doesn't understand WHY I won't let her put these artists on her ipod. You have made me see that maybe I should do better at banning the song and not the entire artist.angelaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5335087494258260106.post-84372829247372234962009-03-09T21:36:00.000-04:002009-03-09T21:36:00.000-04:00What a great insight...something we needed to see....What a great insight...something we needed to see. We forget the power of words that are packaged in music.<BR/><BR/>I want my kids to make it to their wedding night as virgins because of the enormous baggage that comes from premarital sex. The consequences, as you say, are enormous. But they also linger for years...even into their marriage. <BR/><BR/>While I don't often talk about sin (because it's hard and sounds so judgmental), that doesn't mean that I don't have strong feelings about it. <BR/><BR/>In John 8, Jesus is brought a woman who was caught sleeping with a man who was not her husband. Jesus extended tremendous grace, but he also told her the truth about her actions: "Go, and leave your life of sin"<BR/><BR/>God's very best for us is to only have sex with our husband or wife. Anything other than that is...well...contrary to what God wants. We call that...sin.<BR/><BR/>Thanks, Beth, for prompting us to be aware and maybe to do something about it.Brian C. Hugheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14913614448878574559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5335087494258260106.post-11268150670166421832009-03-09T20:27:00.000-04:002009-03-09T20:27:00.000-04:00Awesome awesome post! Yeah, it's quite disturbing...Awesome awesome post! Yeah, it's quite disturbing that teenagers and below are influenced by some of pop music's DEGRADING lyrics. Turn on the radio, and half of the songs are about making whoopie. Sheesh, can we get a break here? I don't want to hear that stuff on the way to school!! Or church!! Or...anywhere! <BR/><BR/>And I agree that teenagers having sex affects them in all ways. We are all a witness to that. <BR/><BR/>...I think maybeeee this whole culture and its obsession with permiscuity (sp?) dehumanizes people. Especially women!! Makes me mad!! And by dehumanizing I mean the lyrical impact on people's minds can alter our vision of people and see them more as sexual objects?? It's a possibility I'm taking this to the extreme? <BR/><BR/>However, this was an excellent post!! Love you, Mama Brawley!!!YesNoMaybeSohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10960749609563839557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5335087494258260106.post-73695469062264948742009-03-09T14:26:00.000-04:002009-03-09T14:26:00.000-04:00Wow.I knew that pop culture played such a HUGE rol...Wow.<BR/>I knew that pop culture played such a HUGE role in how kids behave, but dang.<BR/>That's just powerful.<BR/>Music... Good to know what an influence it has, for better or for worse.mandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17081432646964061873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5335087494258260106.post-27518287134905449012009-03-09T10:36:00.000-04:002009-03-09T10:36:00.000-04:00right on, sista!right on, sista!Connie Kottmannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17951438005772942080noreply@blogger.com