So here I am. In a very familiar situation. At a Starbucks, listening to Leeland, decaf Americano w/skim milk in my hand, and my Bible and journal out like I'm a soldier cleaning his gun (which is how it feels. Yea I'm super "BA").
The only difference today is that I have been "forced" to post this from my iPod Touch (not itouch like everyone loves to call it ... I don't call your TiVo a Tevoh or TV-Recorder thingy, just as an FYI).
How interesting is this technological world we all live in. Not only can we not stay disconnected to the internet for more than an hour, but we continually find more ways for us to do so. Laptops, iPods, iPhones, cell phones, etc. I think even at my old dentist's office (before I started going to the "adult" dentist aka when i turned 18) you could go surf the web while you waited. That is a bit much.
Think about this the next time you go out. If you were desperate to send an email, how long would it take you, without using your own stuff, to send one out? It would take me 8 minutes to drive to the nearest Best Buy and get the job done.
I know we all seem dependent on our Blackberry and our iPhone, but take 24 hours and fast from it all. Take a Saturday or a Sunday (if you're in the working world) or any day of the week (for the students out there) and leave it all at home. Cell phone, iPod, laptop ... pager? (who still uses those??), and take a break. Bring your Bible and a notebook or journal along instead and spend some inward time with the Lord.
Honestly it will change your week. And eventually, as we all begin to change our routine to include less "me" time and more God time, we'll find ourselves better off in every way than we were.
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