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I Don’t Hate Twilight For Religious Reasons

Feb 25th, 2012 16 Comments

I’m sick of Twilight. I’m sick of all the ad’s. I can’t stand it. It’s enough to drive a completely crazy person over the brink of crazy.  I just can’t get into Twilight. I find the entire story predictable and boring. And STUPID. I shall do something drastic if I see one more poster…..

Anyhow, I got several comments from concerned readers who felt the need to tell my why I should watch Twilight. And while I respect that you love these movies, I don’t just hate Twilight for religious reasons. :)

This is supposed to be a vampire? I’m not buying it.

I can’t stand a movie where they make the vampire’s sparkly. Real vampire’s look like Bela Lugosi. Scary, creepy, and they will come and suck your blood.

The story is very poor and predictable. It’s nothing new. People have been writing Vampire stories for years and while I won’t comment on Stephanie Meyer’s writing, I will say that I think the story is rather bland. I’m not reading/watching a vampire story to learn about  hormonal teenagers who are lusting after each-other.

It sends a bad message to teenagers. Other stories talk about fighting evil, standing up for what is right, and friendship. And Twilight teaches the importance of having a boyfriend. Real mature. What a wonderful message.

 To ad insult to injury, they pair the girl with the jerk?? Really? Why would you date a stalker when you could date a nice boy that your dad likes? Hmmm…. I’m going with Jacob here. He might be a werewolf, but he wants to protect Bella and he’s not a creepy stalker.

If you like Twilight, then good for you! Just please don’t go on and on about how Edward is a sex-god and you want to find someone just like him. Twilight is a fantasy. It isn’t real.  Me? I’ll take Harry Potter, Narnia The Hunger Games, Star Wars,  and Lord of The Rings any day over Twilight. At least they are interesting and teach values. Ugh.

I’m off to enjoy a real vampire movie (Dracula) with a cup of tea. It’s snowing here and it’s the perfect day to do so.

You can read my first post here if you would like. Enjoy the comments. xD


When Marriage Becomes An Idol

Jan 23rd, 2012 26 Comments

As a little girl I always never thought much about marriage. Well, I would play that I was a mother with my dolls and I would have a husband, but I skipped the wedding. (Then again, I would also play that I was a General in the army and my dolls were my soldiers) I was not a normal child. :)

For awhile when I was 12/13 all that I could think about was getting married, but as I grew older I saw more and more of my friends going on and on about when they would get married. And quite frankly I didn’t want to be one of those girls. So I slowly started to change my ways. Over time I stopped thinking obsessing about marriage. It took some time, but I finally realized and learned this lesson.

Here is a conversation between a friend and I awhile back:

Friend: I can’t WAIT to get married. Everything will be SO much better.

Me: Uh-huh.

Friend: Come one just think about it, everything will be PERFECT. I can’t wait till he comes along and sweeps me off my feet. **insert dreamy look on her part**

Me: **secretly rolling eyes** Um, yeah. That’s great, but marriage isn’t perfect! I mean my parents have an awesome marriage and they act like newly weds, but it takes alot of work to make a marriage work. And life just isn’t about getting married.

Friend: Whatever. Seriously, I don’t know why you can’t just be excited about it! I mean it’s marriage! It’s when my life will officially begin! It will be perfect.

I think that you get how the conversation went from here. She continued talking about how perfect her marriage would be and I just sat there listening.

This photo is mine so don’t steal. (Even though it’s a really bad photo)

See my friend has made marriage her idol. There is nothing wrong with wanting to get married and having kids, that is great! And it’s a part of God’s plan, but there is SO much more that you can have in life then marriage!

Let me ask you something, how old do you want to be when you are married? For some of us that age might have already gone by, but for the rest of us it’s coming up. You might be secretly feeling bitter about it or you can go on with your life.

When marriage becomes an idol it’s all that you can think about, it is your ONLY goal in life, and when you wonder if EVERY guy is the one. That is when marriage becomes an idol.

There is nothing wrong with wanting to be married, we just need to be careful not to make it our idol. I’m going to make some of you gasp, but what if you are called to be single?

I am going to get off my soapbox, but I want to leave you with this- Learn to be happy when you are single and trust God. And who knows, maybe along your journey He might just send a man your way! Either way, being single is a gift. Enjoy it! :)

Don’t let marriage be your only goal in life. And don’t let it become an idol.