FILTER OUT THE JUNK

Junk desensitizes me. Too much violence in movies, too many scantily dressed people in magazines, hanging with people who bring me down rather than build me up, songs that separate me from God. It’s impossible to get away from it all but the problem is that when junk comes in, I fall in that groove and I only notice it when I sit down to do devotions and feel like a slimey hypocrite - so I skip doing devotions all together.

Other days are a struggle for devotions. If I have a lousy time doing devotions, then the rest of the day follows just like that. And when that happens, I’m less excited about doing devotions - and the cycle continues.

Last week I studied Colossians 2 verse 6 which says “You have accepted Christ Jesus as your Lord. Now keep on following him.” The last part - keep on following him - it popped off the page! I'm a Christian. Following Jesus is what life is all about. Why is it so difficult to focus?

It's the junk. It keeps my mind off of Jesus. The Holy Spirit reminds me "Hello, Scott. This is junk, here!" Then I have to make a choice - junk or Jesus?

So I encourage myself - don’t give up. I can do this. I ask God to help me flush out the junk so I can be excited for devotions. I pray that quite regularly.

Reading - Living Loved by Max Lucado, Colossians
Thinking about - vacation next week, Sharathon in March
Listening to - Whosarmy, Group 1 Crew, KB, Pioneer
Praying for - Whosarmy (Max, Travis, Cory and Greg), my Dad, Ra and Toronto FM application.

Cover Me Canada - Whosarmy

Another reality show - "Cover Me Canada".

Selected Canadian bands take the stage each week and are each given a Canadian classic song to cover, their way.

My favourite band is Whosarmy. (say "who's army") The first week they covered "Raise a Little Hell" by Trooper - it was great! (Well, it's Trooper!) The next week they played "American Woman" and last week it was Nick Gilder's "Hot Child In The City" - a fabulous performance.

These guys are great! I know nothing about them - I'm just lovin' their performance.

Here's the funny thing, as is the case with most "all Canadian shows" - it's infiltrated by Americans - of course. The 3 judges are Jordan Knight (new kids on the block), Deborah Cox (canadian urban artist, probably the only...) and Ron Fair (A&R guy from California). Why is it funny? Well we all know how much Americans know about Canada. Haha! So here's Jordan and Ron on a Canadian show, listening to Canadian bands, cover Canadian classics, which they probably don't know anyway. Except "American Woman", which is anti-American. Funny.

Anyway, I love the show. Great production. All Canadian (almost...) and Whosarmy!