Comments on: How can I break free from an addiction to entertainment? http://dandelionsanddaydreams.com/quotes-and-stories/how-can-i-break-free-from-an-addiction-to-entertainment/ find your dreams, follow your dreams, and live the life of your dreams Sun, 08 Aug 2010 15:47:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Sunny Daydreame http://dandelionsanddaydreams.com/quotes-and-stories/how-can-i-break-free-from-an-addiction-to-entertainment/comment-page-1/#comment-5998 Sunny Daydreame Wed, 03 Jun 2009 16:15:13 +0000 http://dandelionsanddaydreams.com/blog/?p=1274#comment-5998 Erin, a few weeks ago I heard someone say, "You only have today." I started thinking a lot about that idea. We are not guaranteed tomorrow or even the next moment. How do I want to spend this moment that will leave a lasting legacy if I don't have another moment to live. For me, I think the most important calling that God has placed on my life is as a wife and a mother. The legacy that I want to build with my right now is that of a God-fearing wife and mother. I have desires to pursue other things, but they should be done as a side, not as my main thing. If we really lived as if today could be my last, I think the chatter, the TV, the internet, the entertainment would lose its value quickly. I think the only thing that I would find valuable on this Earth is my relationships. Erin, a few weeks ago I heard someone say, “You only have today.” I started thinking a lot about that idea. We are not guaranteed tomorrow or even the next moment. How do I want to spend this moment that will leave a lasting legacy if I don’t have another moment to live. For me, I think the most important calling that God has placed on my life is as a wife and a mother. The legacy that I want to build with my right now is that of a God-fearing wife and mother. I have desires to pursue other things, but they should be done as a side, not as my main thing.

If we really lived as if today could be my last, I think the chatter, the TV, the internet, the entertainment would lose its value quickly. I think the only thing that I would find valuable on this Earth is my relationships.

]]> By: Erin http://dandelionsanddaydreams.com/quotes-and-stories/how-can-i-break-free-from-an-addiction-to-entertainment/comment-page-1/#comment-5992 Erin Wed, 03 Jun 2009 12:27:55 +0000 http://dandelionsanddaydreams.com/blog/?p=1274#comment-5992 I've read several things by Piper on this topic--all are convicting in a good way, calling and inspiring me to live for something more than TV and movies, or books or magazines or inane chatter. (But it is so easy to stay in the shallow end!) And getting serious takes effort. We have several friends with whom we enjoy bobbing from deep to shallow and back again; it's wonderful to know that at any moment, we could call and lay out the deep stuff of heart and soul, and because the path has already been trod, we can go there easily. I want more of that! Thanks for sharing here as a reminder. I’ve read several things by Piper on this topic–all are convicting in a good way, calling and inspiring me to live for something more than TV and movies, or books or magazines or inane chatter. (But it is so easy to stay in the shallow end!) And getting serious takes effort.

We have several friends with whom we enjoy bobbing from deep to shallow and back again; it’s wonderful to know that at any moment, we could call and lay out the deep stuff of heart and soul, and because the path has already been trod, we can go there easily. I want more of that! Thanks for sharing here as a reminder.

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