Video Games, specifically, the PS2 is a great source of strife in our house. Mainly because my dear son LOVES to play them (although, not quite as much as he loves to watch SpongeBob Squarepants!). Whenever he plays, he begs his daddy to play with him and then he ends up in tears because he can't ALWAYS beat his daddy. See...he MUST beat daddy every time he plays! Funny, I guess, but not when his heart is broken.
You know, in video games, especially those designed for kids, you are very rarely a loser. Your lives keep replenishing and you always come out a winner. No matter if you fall off a cliff or a huge magical mushroom drops on your head, you can always go back and repeat. Well, that's how life is...A LIFE WITH GOD! I tell you, he has been speaking to me so much lately! A life with GOD is full of repeats. We repeat our mistakes and ask for repentance, we are forgiven, over and over and over (repeatedly). And the LORD knows I repeat mistakes! A person who lives for GOD lives a life of repeated forgiveness and finds joy in that forgiveness. That isn't to say that we are allowed to take things too far and do as we please, but that we must continually ask, "What would GOD have me do?" and respond in such a way that is pleasing to him. With GOD by our side, we don't need video games, we know we are NOT a LOSER!
So it ends. Thankfully, the video game session is over for the night and thankfully there were not temper tantrums...not from the hubby or the child!
Love and blessings,
teresa
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