food for thought

food for thought

Yesterday at church the pastor was talking about stealing and stuff like that. He mentioned something about identity theft. He said imagine all the planning and stuff that it takes to pull off a successful identity theft job. Then he proceeded to say "Imagine how different the world would be if people put effort like that into everything? We would probably have a cure for cancer by now"

I've been reflecting on that since he said it. Imagine the amounts of time we waste watching tv, surfing facebook, myspace, blogspots and youtube. Imagine all the books you can read to better yourself or to fight for a cause. It also really got me thinking about the movie stars of today. Since paris hilton went to jail it seems to be the newest trend in hollywood.

Sometimes i really dont think these movie stars understand the power and influence they have over todays young society. If those 'stars' did ONE positive thing, i bet a lot more people would follow. I stumbled across this article the other day on this band, and how they wear purity rings that their parents gave them, which gave them a chance to speak out against premarital sex. alot of their fans thought it was cool, so they got them too. Just simple things like that could be so influencial.
There are some good stars out there who care about darfur, hunger, abandoned children, hiv and aids, but there is so much more that needs to get taken care of. If these people would stop wasting time partying, DUI-ing, snorting and being thrown in jail, i bet so much more in the world would be accomplished.

When i went to the jason upton conference in april, he said "Imagine how many instruments could be learned if you just turn off the tv?" And its true. This world is slowly becoming more destructive and it starts with people who dont care about their life.



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