What to do?

For those of you who really know me well. You know that I am a big time movie buff. I love going to movie's, renting them, acting in them. No, wait a minute, I've never done that. The fact is, I love escaping reality for a few hours to get sucked into a great flick. So, needless to say, the movie would have to be pretty bad to merit me walking out of the theatre.

Last night, my wife & I went out on the town for a much needed date. A little Mexican food & you guessed it...a movie. It had been a while since we had seen a good comedy, so we went with some friends to see Will Ferrell's new movie "Talladega Nights - The Ballad of Ricky Bobby". I love Will Ferrell from his early days with SNL. His slapstick style of humor has kept me in stitches many times. However, this was not one of those times. Well, to be completely honest, there were times in the movie that were really funny, but it wasn't 30 minutes into the film that I couldn't take it any more. The humor had been overtaken with incredibly lude situations & language. The line was officially crossed & it was time to walk out.

Later that evening my wife and I were reminded of a verse in Ephesians:

"Though some tongues just love the taste of gossip, those who follow Jesus have better uses for language than that. Don't talk dirty or silly. That kind of talk doesn't fit our style. Thanksgiving is our dialect." -Ephesians 5:4 (The Message)

Once again, I love how The Message puts it, very straight forward & to the point. If there's anything I can teach you through this, it would be simply this; Listen to the Lord when He's speaking to you! He created us to think on things that are holy, just & pure. I like a good laugh as much as the next guy. Let's just make sure that we're careful what we are laughing at.