Horror Movies - Good or Evil?

It has been a long day. There's much going on in the heavenlies that I'm not completely aware of, and I need to be more fervant in prayer. Please pray for me, that I will stay focused on God and not so distracted by earthly things. There was an interesting moment today with my second grade reading group. For some reason, a student shared that horror movies are fun to watch. Then almost every student (in a group of 8) raised their hands and shared the movies they liked. They had knowledge of names like Halloween the movie, Michael Myers, the Grudge, Chucky, and others. All this came from cute little 7 year old children. Without wasting much class time, I stopped the lesson and talked to them about the danger of watching those kind of movies. One of the boys said it's just for fun and that he knows that it's fake. I asked him how he can be sure that it's fake. I told him that things don't have to happen in "real life" in order for that thing to be real. The mind is a powerful thing, and if we let in dark and evil thoughts into our mind, we can't guarantee that we have control over its reality. I went on to tell them that I'm not their parent, and I don't have control over the things they watch at home, but I encouraged them to think for themselves and not do something just because their parents do it. Just because something is fun doesn't mean it's good or right. "...whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things." -- Philippians 4:8.

I'm amazed how far God has let us wander away from Him, and still show so much grace to us. I sometimes feel that it would be more beneficial to us if God just scare us straight, instead of letting us learn the hard way, having to face the many consequences of our sinful actions. Perhaps He does scare us straight. Perhaps He waits and waits and waits, until one day, we realized how far we have departed from Him, and we see our depravity in the Light. But while we have the chance today, to turn back to God, to seek Him with all of our heart, mind, and soul, will we do that? Will we have the boldness to speak to the people, that they may fear God and embrace Him? Make us alive oh God - alive to your Spirit.