Pray

Every other Tuesday night my mom has her G12 (leadership study) at our house. So, last night my dad and I went to Barnes and Noble to escape the madness. ;-) We got our caramel frappachinos and grabbed an armload of magazines. I usually don't watch tv, because I don't care to see all of the stuff on it. But, I do have a couple of shows that I watch on Wednesday nights (season finale tonight!). But, my boss, D, and I try to keep up with what is going on in the U.S.A., so we read magazines like the Rolling Stones, People, Times, and so on and so forth. I picked up all of the star harassing and fashion crazed magazines last night. It is insane to read the same stories from different angles in every magazine. One article really stuck out to me about Lindsey Lohan. The media is saying that she is getting too skinny and are saying that she has an eating problem. I sat looking at Lindsey's face and my heart broke for her. These stars are constantly in the lime-light. They never have a moment of peace. The media tells them "You aren't good enough,""You're fat, so lose weight,""You're too skinny, you can't handle the pressure." People are seriously deluded if they think that the people they see on tv are really any different than them. Even the stars have bad days!! What a shock! I get sick of seeing young girls trying to look like what tv and magazines tell them they should. Then, when they can't/don't, they are tore down by their peers. No wonder why America has such a huge suicide rate! In the United States, suicide is the 9th leading cause of death. It accounted for 31,284 deaths, or 1.3 percent of all U.S. deaths in 1995 (nami.org). That is ridiculous! What is suicide? Suicide is WILLFULLY killing oneself. What is going on that the numbers are so high? Open up your eyes! It's everywhere; the tv, magazines, high school lunch roooms.... It's sick! We need to seriously pray.

2CH 7:15

Now mine eyes shall be open, and mine ears attent, unto the prayer that is made in this place.