Such is the end of all who go after ill-gotten gain; it takes away the lives of those who get it.

Proverbs 1:19

My son last night was playing with an Ironman figurine last night before bed. He is playing with his sister and says, “This is an evil Ironman.” My husband and I both stop him and say, “No, Ironman chose to do good, he chose to help people.”

Recently, I have felt that God has really convicted me with how much TV my kids watch and what they watch. Their minds are like sponges. Hollywood many times makes evil (bad guys) look neater, better, and in my son’s eyes many times cooler. We many times glorify the bad guy. He/she is normally very rich and powerful. Unlike the Hero, who is many times alone, poor, and strangely full of himself.

Proverbs 1: 8 – 19, talks about warning against such enticements (as power, greed, hurting mankind), and yet many times I sit and watch and laugh and pretty much show an attitude of all of this that we are watching mommy promotes.

He asked me the other morning, “Mommy, why did that evil man in Colorado shoot those people, was it because he didn’t have a good mommy or daddy?” While I couldn’t directly answer that question for him. Ladies & Gentlemen does it not need to start out that way? We are called upon by God to shepherd our children’s heart by teaching and instilling in them God’s infallible Word. Then earnestly praying and trusting in the Holy Spirit to do the rest.

~Disclosure: I do not write this to admonish anyone, this was my conviction from God.