Below is Jess’ second blog article. Her article made me think of something my dad told me once when I was a little girl. My mom and dad were both 19 when they got married (they’ve been married over 40 years now). I asked my dad, “If you could go back in time, would you still marry mom?” He answered, “If I had a thousand lives to live, I’d marry your mom in every one…but I would never again do it at 19!”

Hey guys,

 

Alot of times in this world we hear about all the celeberity gossip. I don’t like to listen to the gossip even though it is interesting sometimes. This gossip is the story of people’s lives. I don’t really think that we should be so interested in other people’s lives so much that we track their lives. I think we should leave the celebirties alone and let them live their lives. But yet we find this in Christian music to. One of my favorite artisits, Bethany Dillon recently got married to Shane Barnard(Shane is from the band, Shane&Shane). The couple tied the knot March 29th, 2008. When the news of Beth and Shane’s engagment came out I was so surprised. I didn’t even know that Bethany was dating anyone. It just seemed sad to me that a christian music star had to keep her relationship in the shadows so that the christian media would not stop spreading it. But once the word was out, it was all over the place and people had alot of opinions about it to. I personally thought that Bethany was to young at 19 to get married to Shane who is 33. I just don’t think the age difference is very good for the two to get married. I also thought that Bethany was sending a bad message to her fans who are mostly 10-16 year olds. The message that Bethany was sending was that its ok at 19 to get married. I mean yes Bethany is mature but 19 is just a little young to me. Even though we may have opinions about Shane and Bethany, God only knows what is best for them. It was in God’s plan for the two to get married.

 

so next time you watch a show like ”ET” or “Extra” think about what you are watching on your screen. you are watching someone’s life that has been exposed to the public. so instead turn off the tv and give that celebirty some privacy to live their life the way they chose.