Thursday, October 23, 2008

Reading between the lines

I was reading a freinds blog and I decided to see what other blogs were out there. This is not the first time I have done this, but it is interesting how many people blog. Along with this concept, there are many different cultures, languages, and people groups that are represented in these blogs. There are also many different reasons for blogs, such as to keep everyone updated on the family, support groups, fan clubs, for devotional use, and special interest. With an aray of blogs, there are going to be an aray of thoughts, feelings, and positions. Some ideas are preaching to the choir, some are worthy to be pondered thought through, and others are trash.

My question is what are we reading and what are we being influenced by. In other words, are we taking everything hook, line and sinker. Or are we processing through it to find the good stuff, and disregard what is pure rubbish. I ask this question, because so much of what we read and listen to has an affect on us, and alot of the time we do not realize this affect till there has been some significant change. Now not all change is bad, but if we are not careful, we could be heading down the wrong road. The only way we can interpret correctly, is if we are reading through a Biblical world view and asking God to illuminate what is true and to show where there are things that should be challenged and disregarded.