"I will set no vile thing before my eyes."
Today's chapter included the verse above. It has me thinking how much we do set before our eyes that is vile, ugly, or degrading. I am 61 years old and there's not much I haven't encountered one way or another over the years but I must say that when I go into the break room at work and the television is on Maury Povich or his ilk, I am flat out embarrassed. I think that people are desensitized by the constant vulgarity until they don't know what is vulgar and embarrassing.
Then there is what we set before our ears. Music used to be beautiful, now it is often violent, ugly, and profane.
I can certainly understand why parents choose to homeschool their children to protect them from the external culture.
Thought for the day:
"Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved."
Helen Keller
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