Disclaimer: I have to get this preaching out of my system...
Please skip this entry if you feel so inclined!
We recently bought a book about Corduroy the bear--Corduroy's Best Halloween Ever! Seems like darling, wholesome fun with good family values, right? Wrong!
As the story unfolds, Corduroy's friend (Puppy) comes to his house with a damaged (unusable) costume, so Corduroy offers his own for Puppy to use. Nice idea! Here's the dialogue that follows:
"Really?" said Puppy. "But Corduroy, what will you wear?"
"Don't worry. I have an idea," said Corduroy.
But he didn't, really. What would he wear?
Later in the story he finally comes up with an idea for another costume, and everything works out in the end. Seems nice? Warm and fuzzy? Look a little deeper...
Lesson 1: Lying is okay if you can get away with it.
In this case, it seemed to be for Puppy's benefit. He may not have accepted Corduroy's gift (or may have felt like a burden) if he knew it was his one and only costume.
Lesson 2: Giving can never be selfless. Generosity is motivated by excess, not sacrifice.
It would have been okay to offer the costume if there were many available, but not only one.
And why do I take it so seriously? Because this is exactly the tainted value system that we (and our children) are immersed in daily. Because with this mentality, humanity will never even come close to comprehending God's truth and love. How can we possibly embrace the fact that God is truthful? No one tells the truth all the time. How can we understand perfect, selfless love and sacrifice? We don't even know what that looks like. On and on the implications flow...little by little our vision is clouded.
I am sorry to say that "Relativity" Corduroy will be asked to leave this house. Too bad. He seemed like such a cute guy.
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So I've stumbled on all these blogs via the Myatts and it's so fun to see how everyone back in Omaha is doing! Congratulations on the new baby...what a blessing!
Onto your post...I feel like we have had to pitch every book/video we buy for exactly the reason you are writing about. All these "feel good" stories done for children are so filled with the lies of this world. It's amazing how worldly wisdom creeps in in these seemingly insignifigant ways but in reality they are leading us away from the truth of God. Thank you for sharing...it's a constant battle!
Amen! They (the world) disguises lies and evil in cartoons. Just look at all the adult jokes in movies like Shrek 3, for example.
We need more CHRISTIAN children's authors and illustrators!!
Thank you for being a thinker and monitoring what goes in your children's hearts and minds.
J
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