The weekend is here!! I'm up late here at my Grandma's house watching WWE Classics on Demand. There's a classic battle on right now between Kevin Von Erich and Freebird Terry Gordy. The classic Von Erich/Freebird feud is one of the greatest rivalries in the history of professional wrestling. I've actually heard in interviews they worked "snug" or "stiff" in those matches to make the feud believable. So, most of their matches were like real fights. I've yet to watch one of their matches and be bored with it.
Just noticed on the floor near bye is a CD collection of 80's songs. It's a collection my sister in North Carolina left when she was up here. I thought about borrowing it to put on my iPod, until I realized they're not the original artists. It's the infamous Countdown Singers, which is probably why my sister left it. Does anyone actually buy those if they know in advance it's the Countdown Singers??? I wonder if the Countdown Singers have any groupies that follow them around the country. It's weird they make a living copying off the original artists and selling the recordings by putting their band name in small-print in the bottom corner of each album.
The point of my above observations is why settle for anything that isn't the best? Is there a reason why you would want something that isn't real? I think the biggest thing we try to substitute is love. We look for it everywhere. Today I observed students during my subbing gig reading glamour magazines that try to tell them how they should look. I'm all for taking care of yourself. That's really one of the main reasons I do this blog, but to be told "how" you have to look. It blinds them into thinking they're not good enough. I was trying to think what it would take to open their eyes. One thing I came up with is the love and support of their father. Anyone have any suggestions? Obviously, the love of Christ is the A++ answer...
Today was a great day for me. I set a goal to outdo yesterday's performance, and I accomplished it. Plus, I made a new friend in Tuna Albacore Steaks. Kudos to all you who are supporting me! Got some big comedy dates coming up and some even bigger potential ones. Have a great weekend! GO OSU!!!
Rich Jones
www.richjonescomedy.com
Romans 8:39 - "neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord."
I've been in youth ministry for almost 2 years now. One of the biggest problems I've seen is the absence of a Godly father figure in girl's lives.
ReplyDeleteSure, many boys have the same issue: lack of a Godly father figure. But there's help available for them. There's programs, resources, & mentor's open to them. Girls don't have that. When it comes to teenage girl's the women in the church are to handle it & the men are to keep there distance.
I can understand why. There's been enough scandal in the church, where youth leaders/pastor have gotten into inappropriate relationships with youth. You'll have that when there's no accountability in place or when the accountability that is in place is weak or simply not enforced.
To me, part of the answer is for the church to not be afraid to allow men of God to be father figures in these girls' lives. Girls are hungry for that, & they're simply not getting it.
A dad is supposed to be a model to a young lady of what a real man is. Look at some of these dad's out there who openly commit adultery on their wives in front of their kids just by simply looking at the half-dressed young lady walking down there street? Or by the kind of movies he chooses to entertain himself with? Or the comments he makes about other women? Girls pick up this stuff & they think that's what a real man is like, & that's what a real man wants.
Or they don't have a father figure in their life at all, so they are left to imagine what a real man is, & what a real man wants. They go to the only outlet they have to fill that void: the media. The media is so happy to help fill in the gaps. TV, Internet, Music, Movies, Magazines,...etc. They're more than happy to program a young lady struggling with unhealthy information.
If you want to decrease the supply, then take away the demand. Let these girls have father figures.
Totally agree with you! I know if I ever have a daughter, I want to take her on dates so she can see how she ought to be treated by a man, rather than guess and be insecure about it...
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