Miley Cyrus & her VMAs performance

Since I have read some comments about Miley Cyrus and her performance on the VMAs, I thought I would share my opinion.

 

Miley Cyrus is a young entertainer. It was an MTV awards show. What do you expect from MTV? Instead of complaining about something that is distasteful/trashy/inappropriate, look for something that will instill values you want to see/live by.

 

I think we view celebrities sometimes as "role models" instead of what they actually are: entertainers. They are in the entertainment industry. The key word being "entertainment." They are being paid for a service which is to bring us entertainment.

 

Media outlets (TV/radio/magazines, etc.) can sometimes paint an unrealistic/untruthful portrait of what celebrities are ACTUALLY like. We don't know them personally. Media tells us what to think about them. I don't look to celebrities as "role models." Rather, I look to family and friends for positive influences and being "role models."

 

On that note, Miley Cyrus was performing as an entertainer. That's all it was meant to be: entertainment.

be still

"Wait for the LORD,

       be strong and take heart

         and wait for the LORD." -Psalm 27:14

 

 

"Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for him..." -Psalm 37:7

 

"He says, 'Be still, and know that I am God." -Psalm 46:10

 

According to these passages, I am commanded to be still and wait for God. How hard this is! I'm always in a rush but these words force me to examine my life and where I am in my relationship with Him.

 

Do I wait for Him? Am I still in His presence?

 

Or do I rush through my "quiet time" like one more item on my to do list?

 

God demands more of me. He wants all of me.

 

And He can't have it all if I am constantly rushing through my days thinking about what is "practical" rather than what is satisfying to my soul-the part of me that will live forever.

 

Also, I have experienced intimacy with God in the stillness, not in the busyness of my life. As Psalm 37:7 states, I am to be still before Him and wait patiently. It's in the quietness that I hear God speak to me.