We made a trek to Sodom and Gomorrah the big city last Friday. Knoxville. It was heart breaking. We went for a good reason. Jeremy has worked hard for many months and saved all most of his money. He bought an Apple Macbook. We have used Apple computers since 1988…my first apple was an Apple II GS. I used it for 10 years. It did everything but the dishes.
We arrived early…the deal was to purchase a computer and get a free iPod Touch. This is essentially the iPhone without the phone part – it is like a PDA. Just think “very tiny computer I can keep in my pocket.” We knew the lines might be long…plus it was tax-free days in Tennessee. Jeremy would be saving $300 (cost of the iPod Touch) plus another $150 in tax. It was worth the trip.
The Apple store is in the mall. What did I see? Skin…lots and lots of skin. Lots of very short skirts (how do they sneeze?), low pants, (zippers only 1 inch in length!), embarrassingly low tops (and they were with their mamas!), short tops…displaying all from the midriff down, disgusting logos written across bottoms and tops!….TONS of makeup – so much so that these girls don’t even look real anymore…they look like robots or dolls done in bad taste. See through tops and bottoms….
*NOTE* truthfully girls/women we DON’T want to see your undergarments…
These people didn’t even look happy. I saw few smiles. I saw nothing wholesome, pure, clean …everything/everyone looked well used and worn out…from people to clothing. It was a depressing sight.
I saw little girls looking for love in all the wrong ways…where are their Daddy’s who should be fulfilling that role? I saw lost people who were striving for those things and those ways of life that the enemy whispers are so important. I saw people who are desperately loved by our Father…and aren’t even aware that He exists. How His heart must break…
I walked by store window after store window with no desire to enter the stores. (I confess…. I went into a kitchen store…I compared prices with Pampered Chef….Pampered Chef won!). I saw lots of “restaurants” serving fake food/fast food. No temptation there
I was happy to get the computer and leave. Jeremy was happy to get the computer and leave. I think we all were…although Elijah would have liked to visit the Marble Slab Creamery. However, I just don’t want to be served my ice cream while having 4 inches of cleavage shoved in my face (or my boys faces!).
We ran a few other short errands. Traffic was awful. The roads are under construction – at least the main roads were. Detours were plentiful.
I was full of praise and gratitude…”Thank you Father that I don’t have to do this everyday…that I don’t have to drive here…live here…be here. Thank you Father for green fields, blue skies, rolling hills, song birds, horses hooves pounding, the lowing of cattle…good food, real food, gardens, real people, modest people…thank you for YOU…for loving me….for being who You are…Pure… Undefiled …Holy”.
We headed home….I just wanted to take a shower.
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