Comments on: My iPod Is My Best Friend http://www.therebelution.com/blog/2005/09/my-ipod-is-my-best-friend/ reb•e•lu•tion (reb’el lu shen) n. a teenage rebellion against low expectations Tue, 16 Mar 2010 22:26:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: john cah http://www.therebelution.com/blog/2005/09/my-ipod-is-my-best-friend/#comment-537362 john cah Fri, 05 Mar 2010 14:20:02 +0000 http://www.therebelution.com/blog/?p=50#comment-537362 good subject, personally I think there is to much electronics today good subject, personally I think there is to much electronics today

]]> By: Muffin http://www.therebelution.com/blog/2005/09/my-ipod-is-my-best-friend/#comment-536531 Muffin Sun, 28 Feb 2010 17:51:49 +0000 http://www.therebelution.com/blog/?p=50#comment-536531 Music has gotten me out of horrible situations. In my world of grades, a mother on depression medication, a step-mother who should be on medication, a sister with Autism who is on anxiety medication, another sister who is on a ADHD and ADD patch, and a father who hot glues beards to his face, music is my only escape. Music is what keeps me going. I listen to it a lot, sleep with it on sometimes. It is my comfort, and the only thing that I feel I have much connection to. I do completely agree with your words on incorrect messages however. Many rap and hip/hop songs can bring corruption to any individual when in a weak state of mind. My iPod includes a good deal of songs in different languages, so I must admit, I feel the melody of the song, my music hardly ever carries much word-for-word message, but the things I hear on the radio scare me into the future I may be facing in a few years. Music has gotten me out of horrible situations.
In my world of grades, a mother on depression medication, a step-mother who should be on medication, a sister with Autism who is on anxiety medication, another sister who is on a ADHD and ADD patch, and a father who hot glues beards to his face, music is my only escape.

Music is what keeps me going. I listen to it a lot, sleep with it on sometimes. It is my comfort, and the only thing that I feel I have much connection to.

I do completely agree with your words on incorrect messages however. Many rap and hip/hop songs can bring corruption to any individual when in a weak state of mind. My iPod includes a good deal of songs in different languages, so I must admit, I feel the melody of the song, my music hardly ever carries much word-for-word message, but the things I hear on the radio scare me into the future I may be facing in a few years.

]]> By: Will fox http://www.therebelution.com/blog/2005/09/my-ipod-is-my-best-friend/#comment-532312 Will fox Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:11:29 +0000 http://www.therebelution.com/blog/?p=50#comment-532312 so true, i am a gamer and i enjoy music but my parents limit me to i hour of tv or video games, however i can listen to music if i want. i always complained about only having one hour but now that ive read this article i realize how ridiculous it would be to do any more! music and video games are fine, but they shouldn't be an idol in your life! thanks again for the wake up call. so true, i am a gamer and i enjoy music but my parents limit me to i hour of tv or video games, however i can listen to music if i want. i always complained about only having one hour but now that ive read this article i realize how ridiculous it would be to do any more! music and video games are fine, but they shouldn’t be an idol in your life!
thanks again for the wake up call.

]]> By: Sue Verfaille http://www.therebelution.com/blog/2005/09/my-ipod-is-my-best-friend/#comment-530359 Sue Verfaille Sun, 31 Jan 2010 07:14:36 +0000 http://www.therebelution.com/blog/?p=50#comment-530359 Lots of of bloggers not very pleased with this new iPad.There was 2 much hype over it and lots of people got turned off.Quite frankly, I can actually see some of the cool potential of this gizmo. Third-party applications for playing music, games, newspapers and magazine and books, all kinds of awesome stuff, but IMHO they failed to sell it right (aside from the books). It looks kinda incomplete Lots of of bloggers not very pleased with this new iPad.There was 2 much hype over it and lots of people got turned off.Quite frankly, I can actually see some of the cool potential of this gizmo. Third-party applications for playing music, games, newspapers and magazine and books, all kinds of awesome stuff, but IMHO they failed to sell it right (aside from the books). It looks kinda incomplete

]]> By: Jace http://www.therebelution.com/blog/2005/09/my-ipod-is-my-best-friend/#comment-521150 Jace Sun, 06 Dec 2009 00:36:21 +0000 http://www.therebelution.com/blog/?p=50#comment-521150 I never thought that Media would ever be are best friend. I only thought that God would use it to help us in are daily lives. This may one day a big problem but who knows. All I now is it's in Gods hands. I never thought that Media would ever be are best friend. I only thought that God would use it to help us in are daily lives. This may one day a big problem but who knows. All I now is it’s in Gods hands.

]]> By: Tracy9 http://www.therebelution.com/blog/2005/09/my-ipod-is-my-best-friend/#comment-516752 Tracy9 Wed, 11 Nov 2009 02:52:11 +0000 http://www.therebelution.com/blog/?p=50#comment-516752 Hi I was listening to Focus on the Family yesterday as I was driving home..hearing young people talk so openly and confidently made me feel hopeful. I have a 11year old son, who thinks that sitting idly is uncomfortable and needs to be in front of a screen 99% of the time that he is awake. I offered a challenge to go "Screen Free", for a week and by choosing other activities such as soccer, lego, going to the park, anything that he came up with. Well, surprise...the challenge was declined. My husband asked my son about the reason why he didn't want to do it and the response was, 'I don't know'. A few moments later and me winking at my loving husband, our boy spoke up and said 'I have changed my mind'. I smiled at my husband and he winked at me. I have observed an uneasy restlessness in my son, not sure of what to do with himself. We have put in place boundaries of time limits on the computer and monitor what he looks at and only the other day I said to my son that his personal hygiene and welfare is fair more important than the computer. You are more important than anything in this house. He is responsible for getting himself ready for school, making his lunch and feeding the animals before we leave each morning but he rushes through these things as an inconvienience to himself and at times forgets to brush his teeth. I took the privilige away from him yesterday so he could complete all his tasks. With the time left over he played outside with the dog and then played with his Lego. I am excited about buying your book and will casually mention your accomplishments. Thank you for your wonderful insight. Hi
I was listening to Focus on the Family yesterday as I was driving home..hearing young people talk so openly and confidently made me feel hopeful. I have a 11year old son, who thinks that sitting idly is uncomfortable and needs to be in front of a screen 99% of the time that he is awake. I offered a challenge to go “Screen Free”, for a week and by choosing other activities such as soccer, lego, going to the park, anything that he came up with. Well, surprise…the challenge was declined.
My husband asked my son about the reason why he didn’t want to do it and the response was, ‘I don’t know’.
A few moments later and me winking at my loving husband, our boy spoke up and said ‘I have changed my mind’. I smiled at my husband and he winked at me.
I have observed an uneasy restlessness in my son, not sure of what to do with himself.
We have put in place boundaries of time limits on the computer and monitor what he looks at and only the other day I said to my son that his personal hygiene and welfare is fair more important than the computer. You are more important than anything in this house. He is responsible for getting himself ready for school, making his lunch and feeding the animals before we leave each morning but he rushes through these things as an inconvienience to himself and at times forgets to brush his teeth.
I took the privilige away from him yesterday so he could complete all his tasks.
With the time left over he played outside with the dog and then played with his Lego.
I am excited about buying your book and will casually mention your accomplishments.
Thank you for your wonderful insight.

]]> By: Marissa http://www.therebelution.com/blog/2005/09/my-ipod-is-my-best-friend/#comment-515485 Marissa Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:38:08 +0000 http://www.therebelution.com/blog/?p=50#comment-515485 Really true! Im in the beginning of your book, me and my mom are reading it together. This is deffinately a hard thing for me to acomplish not alone, but even with God its hard. Being so used to hearing music the curses a lot and weather I pay much attention or not usually it talks about other things. So please pray I can keep this promise to God that I will listen to Godly music and concentrate on him. Thank you so much! Really true! Im in the beginning of your book, me and my mom are reading it together. This is deffinately a hard thing for me to acomplish not alone, but even with God its hard. Being so used to hearing music the curses a lot and weather I pay much attention or not usually it talks about other things. So please pray I can keep this promise to God that I will listen to Godly music and concentrate on him. Thank you so much!

]]> By: Kasa http://www.therebelution.com/blog/2005/09/my-ipod-is-my-best-friend/#comment-504413 Kasa Mon, 31 Aug 2009 23:06:03 +0000 http://www.therebelution.com/blog/?p=50#comment-504413 I couldn't agree more with this post. I really like that you pointed out that our "companions" are not just our human friends. I think that teenagers disregard how much all those other things affect their life. Its easier to take a look at the human friends you surround yourself and weed those out. I don't think a lot of teenagers give a second thought to how the other things can do so much damage to them and they can do a lot of damage. Its a very subtle thing and it kind of just creeps in and pretty soon its taken over and changed you and rules your life and you don't even recognize it. I couldn’t agree more with this post. I really like that you pointed out that our “companions” are not just our human friends. I think that teenagers disregard how much all those other things affect their life. Its easier to take a look at the human friends you surround yourself and weed those out. I don’t think a lot of teenagers give a second thought to how the other things can do so much damage to them and they can do a lot of damage. Its a very subtle thing and it kind of just creeps in and pretty soon its taken over and changed you and rules your life and you don’t even recognize it.

]]> By: Kyuyoung "Kyle" Lee http://www.therebelution.com/blog/2005/09/my-ipod-is-my-best-friend/#comment-501548 Kyuyoung "Kyle" Lee Wed, 19 Aug 2009 10:17:33 +0000 http://www.therebelution.com/blog/?p=50#comment-501548 My name is Kyuyoung "Kyle" Lee and I am a 14 year old whose country, blood, pride, and loyalty lies in the Democratic Republic of South Korea but has even more pride, loyalty, and most importantly, faith in Christianity, the lifestyle of following our LORD Jesus Christ, my personal God and Savior. I reside in the city of Manhattan Beach, California, attend Mira Costa High School, and am the bassist and vocals for the Christian rock band "Fire In The Rain." I agree with this post yet I feel I must say something to clarify to others. I do respect and share the opinion that most of the media is in fact controlled by people we tend to call evil or unholy, but I want to say that being exposed to the media does not necessarily mean that we are influenced. But I do, however, agree that with a lot of it, that we can be influenced. I wish to encourage those who read this post to choose to listen to the Christian media at least as much as the worldly media. The worldly media does have some people who, without their knowing, support our Christian faith and the worldly media may be used by our God. But if all we listen to is the worldly media, then our faith will collapse sooner or later. My MP3 Player is one of my friends, not because it contains just the worldly media, but because it contains good music for me to enjoy and also Christian music that are not in any way musically behind the worldly music in which I can strengthen my faith and also enjoy. To shorten everything I said and put it in shorter words, enjoy the worldly media, but choose to follow the Christian media. Thank you for reading, and I welcome any criticism, so feel free to correct me on parts that I may be wrong in. My name is Kyuyoung “Kyle” Lee and I am a 14 year old whose country, blood, pride, and loyalty lies in the Democratic Republic of South Korea but has even more pride, loyalty, and most importantly, faith in Christianity, the lifestyle of following our LORD Jesus Christ, my personal God and Savior. I reside in the city of Manhattan Beach, California, attend Mira Costa High School, and am the bassist and vocals for the Christian rock band “Fire In The Rain.” I agree with this post yet I feel I must say something to clarify to others. I do respect and share the opinion that most of the media is in fact controlled by people we tend to call evil or unholy, but I want to say that being exposed to the media does not necessarily mean that we are influenced. But I do, however, agree that with a lot of it, that we can be influenced. I wish to encourage those who read this post to choose to listen to the Christian media at least as much as the worldly media. The worldly media does have some people who, without their knowing, support our Christian faith and the worldly media may be used by our God. But if all we listen to is the worldly media, then our faith will collapse sooner or later. My MP3 Player is one of my friends, not because it contains just the worldly media, but because it contains good music for me to enjoy and also Christian music that are not in any way musically behind the worldly music in which I can strengthen my faith and also enjoy. To shorten everything I said and put it in shorter words, enjoy the worldly media, but choose to follow the Christian media. Thank you for reading, and I welcome any criticism, so feel free to correct me on parts that I may be wrong in.

]]> By: Alesha http://www.therebelution.com/blog/2005/09/my-ipod-is-my-best-friend/#comment-501492 Alesha Wed, 19 Aug 2009 00:35:35 +0000 http://www.therebelution.com/blog/?p=50#comment-501492 That is sooooo good! I love this post because it's SO TRUE! I know people that have committed themselves to being physically pure but everything else is lacking in purity (eg: they listen to trashy, non-Christian music, watch bad tv shows, talk about guys constantly, and so on). I wish I could get through to them that being pure is so much more than just staying physically pure. And a lot of times, we're closer to our non-human friends than our human ones. It's very important to choose all companions wisely. Cuz, you know, "We are who we hang out with!" This post is so great! :D Your sister in Christ, ~Alesha That is sooooo good! I love this post because it’s SO TRUE! I know people that have committed themselves to being physically pure but everything else is lacking in purity (eg: they listen to trashy, non-Christian music, watch bad tv shows, talk about guys constantly, and so on).
I wish I could get through to them that being pure is so much more than just staying physically pure.
And a lot of times, we’re closer to our non-human friends than our human ones. It’s very important to choose all companions wisely. Cuz, you know, “We are who we hang out with!” This post is so great! :D

Your sister in Christ,
~Alesha

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