Taken from inside me,
It was ripped out.
I was so numbed, that
I didn't even notice.
But now I mourn.
I weep over my loss.
Stolen from within me,
and I gladly consented.
Under the pretense of
freedom of choice,
that which was my own
organic creativity
was strangled,
mutilated,
killed,
disposed of.
Only His love can
breathe new life into my dead
Imagination, aborted by
consumerism's imperial priests.
by Jeff Bergeson
It was ripped out.
I was so numbed, that
I didn't even notice.
But now I mourn.
I weep over my loss.
Stolen from within me,
and I gladly consented.
Under the pretense of
freedom of choice,
that which was my own
organic creativity
was strangled,
mutilated,
killed,
disposed of.
Only His love can
breathe new life into my dead
Imagination, aborted by
consumerism's imperial priests.
by Jeff Bergeson
written Jan. 5, 2008
What has happened to our imaginations when the majority of the average American's leisure time is spent in front of the television? Commercial television is less than a century old; is there really 'nothing else to do,' or have our imaginations been taken captive and we can't imagine doing anything else?
I don't have the answer, but I continue to pray...
How do we "take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ," and how do we go about being "transformed by the renewing of our minds"? 2 Cor 10:5; Rom 12:2
What has happened to our imaginations when the majority of the average American's leisure time is spent in front of the television? Commercial television is less than a century old; is there really 'nothing else to do,' or have our imaginations been taken captive and we can't imagine doing anything else?
I don't have the answer, but I continue to pray...
How do we "take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ," and how do we go about being "transformed by the renewing of our minds"? 2 Cor 10:5; Rom 12:2
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1 comment:
Hi Jeff,
This is something I've been struggling with myself,- too much T.V. watching of the negative variety. There's really no pleasure in it. I find it much more refreshing to "refuse the evil, and choose the good" (from somewhere in the O.T. I think). I actually reread The Little Prince in French in December I think. This time I actually understood it much better than when I was a child and we read it in school.
It occured to me this morning that the negative and bad entertainment on T.V. are like counterfeit money. They supposedly offer real joy and satisfaction and substance, but instead rob us of our time enjoying good wholesome improvement. So, as only one currency(the good and true) is real, so I can use my time to good advantage and benefit myself and others, by pursuing more wholesome activities such as prayer, reading good books, writing letters,poems, articles, cooking cleaning, hiking, - any moral and strengthening activity.
I do not mean to ignore the problems, the needs of my neighbors in the world, but to ask God how to help, whether through prayer or practical means...when I see a headline, such as the one from an official in Tennessee following the tornadoes there which said "We need your prayers", then I can pause and silently pray for those involved in whatever way I'm led to do...much love, and thank you, Mom
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