113 I hate double-minded people,
but I love your law.
114 You are my refuge and my shield;
I have put my hope in your word.
115 Away from me, you evildoers,
that I may keep the commands of my God!

Dear God, when I read this passage this morning it made me wonder if I do enough to keep evildoers away from me. Do I do enough to meditate on your Word and keep out things that are unholy and impure.

So I watched the new Batman movie this weekend. What an interesting franchise. When they portray evil in the movies, the portray unrelenting, merciless, pure evil. They show someone who is willing to do anything to strike terror in the hearts of their victims and then follow through on the threat. Frankly, it was hard to watch. Even the good guys have darkness in them. And after what happened in Aurora a couple of weeks ago, I found myself being distrustful of every person in the theater. Whenever someone got up to go to the bathroom (or came back from the bathroom), I noticed and watched them the whole way. Of course, I was sitting by myself, and I figured there were probably people wondering what the big guy sitting by himself was up to.

My point is, did I go and hang out with the evil doers by watching this movie? Did I let any kind of darkness into my heart? Or was it more benign than that? Was it just being reminded of the human condition—especially in the hearts of the good guys who were flawed, but earnest?

Father, I think that it is important that I find times regularly to love you and put things into my mind and heart that remind me of who you are and who you are calling me to be. You want to remind me to reject selfishness and embrace your authority over me. So help me to do this. Help me to be the man you need me to be for my wife, my children, and everyone else around me. Help me to remember to put “my hope in your word” and “keep the commands of my God!”