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that as soon as I learn the new system it will already be out of date.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!
Children of Eternity
Today's Bible Verse:
"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)
Children of Eternity
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