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Tonight, I thank the Lord for another opportunity for me to prove my faith and trust in Him.
Earlier, I gave up and surrendered ALL of my pirated DVD and VCD movies. You might think that “all” means a few of ‘em sitting amongst a collection of original copies. But in reality, it’s the other way around…! There are merely a few originals (about a handful) sitting amongst close to a thousand pirated DVDs in a dedicated cabinet for it.
I took all of them out and was suddenly at awe as to how many bootleg (but very good) copies I was actually able to gather in 4-5 years.
And it’s NO joke… I loved adored my collection… I used to scour the entire metropolis just to look for the highest quality (DVD copy; 5.1 audio) pirated movies. Ask my wife… she can attest as to how obsessed I was with my illegal library. I’d rather buy discs than spend money on important clothing or food. That was then.
Anyway, I packed these discs in big plastic bags (I wasn’t able to obtain cardboard boxes)… and soon after, my wife started scouring her stuff for fake clothing and accessories which she also wanted to give up.
My kids soon followed… and to my amazement, they happily surrendered their China-made fake toys and other stuff.
I packed them all in the car and took it to our community’s home base for proper disposal. The bootlegged discs will be destroyed and the bags, clothing and accessories will most likely be given to indigents and the needy.
This is a very BIG step for our family towards being totally and unconditionally righteous.
We vowed that from now on, we shall NEVER EVER patronize anything fake…!
Praise God for giving my family the courage to follow through and do what is right in order to be pleasing in the sight of the Lord. I thank Him for making my children understand the purpose of it all.
I’m pretty certain that I’ll be able to find a few more unwanted stuff sitting around the house which I might’ve overlooked during earlier’s cleanup but I’ll be sure to gather all of what’s left and have them disposed of properly.
We are finally FREE of these things… All praise and glory to God!
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Good for you! It is hard to do, I’m sure. Once you get into the mentality of “I’m not paying that much for that!” It is probably hard to get out of.
How did you figure out where to take the stuff to be destroyed? I have looked EVERYWHERE including the FBI’s website and can’t find anything.
Comment by Michelle January 16, 2008 @ 5:16 am