I'm used to seeing trashy things on the magazine rack at the checkout counter. Most of which involve celebrity gossip and bad airbrushing to make some of those celebrities look awful.
Then the other day I came face to face with the cover of the latest issue of Cosmopolitan.
The headline was, 52 Holy S**T Sex Moves.
I was shocked. It wasn't because the article was talking about sex so much as the language they used.
Pairing the word holy with a dirty word is bad enough but when you (and children) see it right in front of them makes me scratch my head as once again shocked at just how low society goes when considering their marketing choices.
Everywhere I go and on nearly every channel I see things that I find shocking and immoral.
As a new year came at midnight last night may I suggest a resolution for all of us?
When we see something like swearing and sexual content on magazine racks or on TV for that matter perhaps we can send a message to the ad department or whomever is in charge of what we're seeing on TV. But maybe the most powerful thing we can do is pray.
We can pray that despite the decay of morality in this world that especially when it comes to our children we can ask that The Lord will protect our children from what is being thrown at them at the speed of a bullet from a gun.
We can teach our children the true meaning of the word Holy. Lets define the word Holy.
Looking at my Thesaurus some synonyms include: blessed, clean, divine, godly.
Webster's College Dictionary says: related to, belonging to, or coming from a divine being or power.
So when raising children aren't the meanings of the word holy be something we should model and have our kids aspire to?
The Lord says be holy as I am Holy. Holiness comes with action in which we do all we can to imitate the character of God.
It is to rise above our sinful human nature and to be a light in a world of darkness.
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