It's very hard these days to find a television show that portrays perfect people doing everything right and good in their everyday life. It's much easier to find shows that have all the cussing, drugs, and partying and of course all of the sexual immorality. Not to mention all of the "not so bad" stuff like being selfish and backstabbing friends or cheating to get what you want. But I know we're all guilty from time to time of watching shows that include some of these things, if not all and more. Have you ever watched a show that maybe had some morality issues but it's just so intriguing you feel like you can't help but watch it? Sometimes shows with all that stuff have the best storylines and plot twists you almost can't keep up. You're on the edge of your seat waiting to see what's going to happen next and how things will turn out for different characters. Have you ever found yourself rooting for one of the characters? They're the good guy or girl in the show at (at least by the show's standards). Sometimes they get caught up and find themselves in messy situations. You want the good guy to not cheat on his girlfriend just because she's being a butthead and he finds himself in a very tempting situation. You want another good guy or girl not to steal that money even though they need it for something really important. I know I feel this way. I always hope that these fictional characters will do the right thing. I always hope that love will save the day. And I find myself wondering why even though we don't always expect for good to win, we always HOPE it will. We watch these tv shows and we get that gut feeling something bad is about to happen but yet we hope we're wrong. See what I'm saying? I believe that the reasons we hold on to hope for even these fictional stories with fictional characters is because our hearts were made for so much more. We long for good to overcome evil. We hope it happens. We hope for love to save the day and for all to be well. I believe this is because our hearts were made for eternity. Eternity with Christ in Heaven where good has overcome evil and love has saved the day. Where there's no sin or heartache. Our hearts long for something more Holy and Heavenly even if we don't realize that's what it is. The good news is that if you're a Christian you will have the longing and hope fulfilled one day. We are not of this world. We are aliens in a foreign land. And one day The Lord will take us into heaven for eternity, where our hearts belong.