My husband Ed will be on a road trip – driving from New York
to Florida for vacation. During that
time, I’ve decided limit my “tech time”, but I’m thinking that it’s not going
to be so easy. No more sitting
side-by-side, watching TV, while playing games, reading emails, and/or checking
Facebook, without talking to each other for hours.
Jesus spent a lot of face time with his friends and followers. There were no computers or Internet back then,
but he could have written letters, like St. Paul, though we don’t have any
records of him doing so. Jesus was up
close and personal kind of guy throughout his travels. Relationships were important to his mission,
eating with tax collectors and sinners, touching those considered unclean.
It’s tempting to live a high-tech life, writing blogs, and
updating the church website, texting and emailing, etc. It’s fun, but also time consuming… and, it
seems as if we’ve lost something when most of our relationships are
on-line. We can’t hear our “friends”
emotions, or know that their not telling us something by their body
language. We can’t reach out to them with
the comfort of a hug. We can’t express
our love with a kiss or holding their hand.
There’s a lot to be said for face-to-face time!
As I limit technology on my vacation, I’m hoping to carry it
forward when I return. It will be
interesting to see, how it will affect my ministry, hugging and shaking hands
whenever I can! I’m sure there will be
some withdrawal symptoms at first, but I pray that the hours I’m not “connected”
will be hours filled with peace, love, and joy, as well as quality time with my
family and friends.
I’ll let you know how it’s going when I get back!
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