No to the Faux and Yes to Love

In every single's life there is probably one thing we use to try and fill the void of family or spouse.  I am confessing I have a problem with TV.  It isn't as bad as I used to be back in college. Back then, when I got lonely I bought up stock at the video rental of romantic comedies and would repeatedly watch them over and over.  In fact, once I found out buying DVD's was a cheaper way of re-watching, I kinda went crazy.

One of the one's that was my favorite was You've Got Mail with Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks. And if you are a single girl with any romantic sensibility and haven't seen it I might need to check your pulse or something :)  It is amazing! :)  But I literally have watched it over 300 times.  In fact there were weekends I watched it 6 times in a row!

I have other favorites too that I have watched a bunch too. When Harry Met Sally, Six Day's Seven Nights, Pride and Prejudice, and The Wedding Singer to name just a few.  Red Box and I have had way too special a relationship.   Instead of seeking real connection in my loneliness I sought out the comfort of predictable stories that always have a happy endings.

How much time did I waste watching these movies? Now its not that I just always ignored others and camped out with my movies all the time, although sometimes I did in my introverted way.  A lot of times it was just I was lonely and none of my friends were free.  But It became a habit that soon became a time sucking monster, and always put me in a funk afterward. Mainly because when it boiled down to it I never really got the guy or got the life I wanted when the movie was over.

So many things in our lives try and distract us and suck up our time and keep us from really finding true connection with others. And as single women especially it can get really hard to find connection.  With today's society and social networks online it can feel even more difficult to really have the meaningful conversations that really help build us up and see purpose past the surface standards that we think we need to live up to.

I pray about this addiction to media nearly daily and ask God to grow Real Connection in my life.  I have my days that its hard and I feel like I'm praying the same thing over and over with little progress.  I am definitely different from my college days, and even since last year when I started praying about this.  Slowly but surely God is changing my heart and most days I watch an hour or less of TV, and more time spent in Real connection with God or friends. 

I decided to say No to the Faux romance and Yes to the Real lover of my soul and real relationships.  The Real knight in shining armor that fought to the death for me and you!

Romans 5:8 is a testament to this:
But God demonstrates his own love for us in this:While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
 
Say no to the Faux and Yes to Real love of your life Jesus! The Happy Ending of love in your heart is a sure thing!