Junk

I know I've talked about this before, but something just happened that made me sort of angry.  I was perusing the twitter follower list of someone I greatly admire to see if he was following anyone I found useful or interesting.  I stumbled upon the profile page of someone I used to know.  I didn't know this person very personally, but he was on staff at a church I attended before the one I attend now.  He still belongs to our denomination and now he has his own church.  The very last tweet he wrote was talking about Glee.  It's clear that he was watching and/or does watch the show.  Now I'm not actually judging... I LOVE that show.  But I also recently gave it up because I was getting convicted each time I watched it.  The show is very sexual, and if that weren't bad enough, it's advocates teen sexuality as well as adultery and homosexuality.  I guess what I'm wondering is how a pastor, preacher, leader of many can watch and basically publicly endorse such a thing?  I know that this show (as well as a few others) so greatly shocks and offends me sometimes that I can't with good conscience watch it at home alone by myself, let alone tell others all about it or discuss it in a way that makes it seem as though I recommend that someone else watches it.  Yes, the show is funny and has great covers of many wonderful songs as well as lovable characters and, sometimes, a good message.  But the show is also rife with bad examples, and both questionable and objectionable behavior by both teens, adults, teachers and authority figures alike.  As leaders, aren't we called to a higher standard?  Aren't we called to be examples?  (I know you hear this next term a lot here...)  Aren't we called to walk worthy of the calling with which we've been called?  I'm definitely not saying that I'm perfect.  And I'm not even judging the person that sparked this thought/rant.  But it's making me think, for sure.  Aside from that fact that I'm trying to do everything I can to be a good example to those around me (regardless of whether they're watching or not), I think it's really important to keep ourselves as pure as possible. Romans 12:1 NKJV says, "I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service."

My conclusion: I want God to use me.  I want to guard my heart and my mind and my eyes and ears to be sure that I only let things in that glorify Him.  I don't want to just go along living like everyone else.  Because then how can people tell the difference between me and the world?