"God's gift has restored our relationship with him and given us back our lives. And there's more life to come—an eternity of life!" Titus 3:7 (MSG)
With the ever increasing speed of change in today’s world I have to admit that
for the first time I am beginning to feel my age. When I was a boy being online
meant helping my Mom hang up my jeans on the clothesline behind our house.
Twitter was what you heard from the birds in the trees. There was no Facebook
although I often had my face in a book. A smart phone was one with a long cord
so you could walk around while you talked to someone.
A mouse was something our cat chased. And a computer was that strange thing with
the blinking lights I saw on the science fiction television shows.
These days I have learned how to work a desktop computer and I am grateful
everyday that I took a typing class in high school. Yet, it seems like there is
always a message on my screen asking me to update my software and I am concerned
that as soon as I learn the new system it will already be out of date. My
daughter can work her smart phone with the skill of a concert violinist.
Whenever I need the answer to something fast I ask her, she asks her phone, and
we have the answer. Still, I am thankful that she turns it off from time to
time. Everyday I see teenagers with their heads permanently bent to their phones
while life passes them by.
I am not worried about where this technological trip is taking us, though. I
know that all roads lead to the same place. We are children of eternity and
eventually we all must return to God and His Love. Our smart phones and social
media won’t be making the trip with us, either.
The only things we can take with us are what we have learned and the love we
have shared. The only computer we will be carrying into the next life is the
software of our souls.
Don’t give your life over to technology then. Instead use technology to help you
share your love, shine your light, and spread your joy. Use it to help others
and make this world a better place. Use it in a way that makes God smile and the
angels sing. And then after you are done turn it off. Remember, what is
essential is inside of you. You may be a child of technology, today but you are
child of eternity, forever!
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