The world will always tempt us. We grew up with these things. I have my own temptations lust, video games, movies too. It's important that we don't cast away the world entirely and isolate ourselves, but sometimes we have to in the world to be with people. I don't mean to sound preachy or anything, I am going through the exact same thing.
This is what I know from experience, the more you feed those temptations, the more hungry they'll get. It's all temporary solutions to your unhappiness. Once you starve off these temptations youll begin to notice and even bigger space in your life, it is not a void though, there are things you can do to fill this time, maybe you need to prepare yourself before hand, as it's hard to jump into. God can use your life if you free up time for him to do so. I'm sure if you cut it down even a bit, you'll begin to notice your schedule freeing up, and then with that free time, don't think about yourself, think about how you can help others, or maybe you should think about yourself, and help yourself in a way that is truly productive.
Dude, I was a Christian for a long time when I was younger and had many Christian friends. Never have and never will think there's anything wrong with dark movies or music or themes in general, religion is about a personal relationship with God and everyone defines that differently.
I didn't mean to step on your toes, but what I meant is that there's nothing EVIL about it, I mean sometimes there is if you know whose behind it, but what I was getting at was not letting your life be about that. God wants a relatonship with us, but if our time is tied to all these other things our relationship may, no, will be strained. It's about focus, people often let it get out of hand. With movies for instance, if you have netflix or rogers, you might be watching 1 or 2 movies, plus tvshows each day and sometimes way too late into the night. With music, how many times do we have our earbuds in and completely walk past somebody without even hinting that we are aware of there existence. These are just some of the things I have struggled with.
The op says his/her life is a mess so I am trying to suggest doing something differently. And what I was suggest was refocusing on God, because maybe she feels like me at this point, the world doesn't make me happy anymore, only temporarily and fleeting, and, maybe if that is not the problem if he/she is having issues elsewhere, she may likely benefit from having a better relationship with God for guidance and security.
I see. I tend to watch movies and shows in moderation so it's never been too much of an interference to me. IIN on the other hand... >.> Let's not go there. XD
I don't feel like I can give the OP the best advice without knowing more about her life. Oftentimes changing your habits and your routine and putting more time and effort into yourself (not to discount her faith) are really big steps in doing so. When I was really stressed out I didn't clean much, didn't take care of my health as well. Now that things are going better I find it helps me relax to try to do mostly only things beneficial to my life and health. I feel like I could have worded this paragraph better but ah well.
I'm not really religious anymore, I don't know what the hell you'd call me. It's kind of Pantheism but that's not a very good comparison either, and I don't wanna write a novel here ^^;
You make a good point, cutting these things out of your life cut and dry, might be really hard if you are attached, it's a whole new lifestyle, I won't repeat myself again, but I believe if the OP frees up some time even to meditate on this, he/she might be in a better state.
Thanks for the conversation :D
ps. I'm afraid all this txt has scared him/her off :P
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The world will always tempt us. We grew up with these things. I have my own temptations lust, video games, movies too. It's important that we don't cast away the world entirely and isolate ourselves, but sometimes we have to in the world to be with people. I don't mean to sound preachy or anything, I am going through the exact same thing.
This is what I know from experience, the more you feed those temptations, the more hungry they'll get. It's all temporary solutions to your unhappiness. Once you starve off these temptations youll begin to notice and even bigger space in your life, it is not a void though, there are things you can do to fill this time, maybe you need to prepare yourself before hand, as it's hard to jump into. God can use your life if you free up time for him to do so. I'm sure if you cut it down even a bit, you'll begin to notice your schedule freeing up, and then with that free time, don't think about yourself, think about how you can help others, or maybe you should think about yourself, and help yourself in a way that is truly productive.
I hope God makes your path clear.
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Dude, I was a Christian for a long time when I was younger and had many Christian friends. Never have and never will think there's anything wrong with dark movies or music or themes in general, religion is about a personal relationship with God and everyone defines that differently.
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I didn't mean to step on your toes, but what I meant is that there's nothing EVIL about it, I mean sometimes there is if you know whose behind it, but what I was getting at was not letting your life be about that. God wants a relatonship with us, but if our time is tied to all these other things our relationship may, no, will be strained. It's about focus, people often let it get out of hand. With movies for instance, if you have netflix or rogers, you might be watching 1 or 2 movies, plus tvshows each day and sometimes way too late into the night. With music, how many times do we have our earbuds in and completely walk past somebody without even hinting that we are aware of there existence. These are just some of the things I have struggled with.
The op says his/her life is a mess so I am trying to suggest doing something differently. And what I was suggest was refocusing on God, because maybe she feels like me at this point, the world doesn't make me happy anymore, only temporarily and fleeting, and, maybe if that is not the problem if he/she is having issues elsewhere, she may likely benefit from having a better relationship with God for guidance and security.
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I see. I tend to watch movies and shows in moderation so it's never been too much of an interference to me. IIN on the other hand... >.> Let's not go there. XD
I don't feel like I can give the OP the best advice without knowing more about her life. Oftentimes changing your habits and your routine and putting more time and effort into yourself (not to discount her faith) are really big steps in doing so. When I was really stressed out I didn't clean much, didn't take care of my health as well. Now that things are going better I find it helps me relax to try to do mostly only things beneficial to my life and health. I feel like I could have worded this paragraph better but ah well.
I'm not really religious anymore, I don't know what the hell you'd call me. It's kind of Pantheism but that's not a very good comparison either, and I don't wanna write a novel here ^^;
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You make a good point, cutting these things out of your life cut and dry, might be really hard if you are attached, it's a whole new lifestyle, I won't repeat myself again, but I believe if the OP frees up some time even to meditate on this, he/she might be in a better state.
Thanks for the conversation :D
ps. I'm afraid all this txt has scared him/her off :P