10.18.2006

holiness?

So I watched the movie Kiss Kiss Bang Bang this past summer, and I watched it again tonight.
Hilarious - unique, really entertaining.
But there's so much bad language in it, and some other junk.

The thing that bothers me is that this doesn't bother me.

I've just been thinking about standards and holiness and choices. He says to be holy as He is holy... I know, I know, standards are a personal call when it comes to 'grey areas'. If it's a grey area, and I'm suppose to be holy...in those "uncertain" (maybe?) areas it makes sense to always lean towards what's best, pure, most outstanding...just because I can and to glorify God to my highest extent.

But I don't do that, and it's really hard because I like these 'grey area' things, I enjoy them. But I guess if I really had the mind of Christ and desired to honor him above anything else, it wouldn't be so hard.

Then I talk myself out of such thoughts, tell myself it's being extreme and unnecessary.
Then I think 'wouldn't it be nice to do the unnecessary for him?'
It's not just about movies. That's just an example.
It's kinda a small thing, or maybe it should be, but for me it's just kinda not. It should be. I've got a ways to go, folks. I know - what a shocker.

Well, I don't know. I guess it's just a matter of daily deciding what kind of person, of follower, I'm going to be.

Anyway, it sure is a funny movie.
And I should go to bed.
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Tarantino said...

Who hasn't had these thoughts. As much I as I want to push my mom away when she tries to get on me for letting different things in my life, mainly through media, I always seem to find the right reasons why "I" don't really need to apply the same convictions she has.
In the end though, if I am honest with myself, my heart lets me know where my deep down desire is, and if I was true to that, I most likely would for-go most of the little things I let into my life. It's not that I would completely gay ban Disney type of stuff, but I would most likely find a better habit to live by.
Yet, I still never win it. I think our minds have been so conformed more by the world in this area than what our deep down spiritual desires are. We constantly are shown everything and why it should be ok.
Like anything I am sure its the habit we have to develop. I haven't finished it, but this book, Driven by Eternity sure puts things in perspective, and if I could live with the feelings I have when reading that, I know that this area would be different. What if we lived our lives driven by the thought of eternity. Knowing that we will be judge for everything we do or don't and realize our life in the eternal is based on these decisions that we face today, especially this one.
When viewed in that perspective, at least for me, gives me an easy decision process to guide my issues with. The trouble is refreshing my thought process in light of eternity and not worldly processing, which is EVERYWHERE.

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[o]ldenburg said...

and to add a little more to that... my excuse to justify certain things is that if i was to completely get rid of "whatever", i would be seen by the world that i want to impact as some sort of freak. take drinking for example. to state right from the beginning, i dont have a problem with it and enjoy it every so often with some good friends. but my mom often gives me crap about this and i justify it by saying that it's such a socially accepted thing with our generation, that people don't look at it as a fault like they may have with her generation. and while i believe that, i then apply that argument to anything else that i want to do...
good? bad? i dunno... like what was already said, its personal. but then at the same time, i guess personaly, you gotta be able to kick your own butt when you know you're doing something you shouldn't...
anyone wanna get a beer and talk about this more?

18.10.06
smallTown said...

well I don't see drinking as the same issue, necessarily... there's nothing morally wrong with drinking, the Bible only says to not get drunk and lose control. And I totally get your theory about being attainable to people. My thing with movies is just with all the crap that goes on (all that crap that doesn't bother me to watch but probably should), how do I justify that to myself in view of verses like "it's shameful to even talk about things sinful people do"? And there I sit, watching and laughing about it.

as always...it's probably a balance

18.10.06
smallTown said...

and I'm game for that beer and conversation...

18.10.06

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