How much do you read?
Want to consider a staggering statistic?
One-third of high school graduates never read another book in their entire lives, along with 42% of college graduates.
Wow.
We can’t get enough reality TV. Sports are not only broadcast but analyzed in paralyzing detail. And when the real games aren’t sufficient, there’s fantasy sports.
Video games consume endless hours with mindless, often violent, content. Visit a local park and see how many folks are glued to their mobile devices while they “enjoy nature.”
80% of American families did not purchase or read a book last year.
Last time I talked (Spiritual Junk Food) about paying as much attention to our mental, emotional, and spiritual “nutrition” as we do to what we eat. While I try to eat a bit better as I train for a bike ride, perhaps I need to turn off the electronic junk food and let my mind absorb something a bit more nutritious.
Paul may have been thinking of us when he wrote:
Brothers and sisters, I could not address you as people who live by the Spirit but as people who are still worldly—mere infants in Christ. I gave you milk, not solid food, for you were not yet ready for it. Indeed, you are still not ready. 1 Corinthians 3:1-2
I don’t read enough books, maybe three or four per year. I read a lot online, but there’s something about the deeper arguments and stories of a book that’s missing in shorter articles.
Nobody else can control what you and I consume. Government food pyramids don’t impact my Oreo consumption, and you can’t force me to turn
off the TV and open a book.
God gave us amazing brains. We’re free to turn them to mush with a diet of milk and junk food. Or we can choose to grow up and consume some
solid food.
Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things. Philippians 4:8
If I’m to know what’s true, noble, and right, I’m not going to get it from a steady diet of Dancing With The Stars.
I have a sense that God designed our brains with something more substantial in mind.
Do you have enough solid food in your mental diet?
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