Keeping up with the smart stuff

Things are getting more complicated than ever—the complexity of dealing with technology and the rapid pace of its acceleration. Indeed, technology tools need to keep pace with the demands of our culture, but it seems like it's the other way around.

We have technology to manage technology. We have app's that manage app's. Now every tool and appliance in our home and workspace is connected to the internet. Artificial Intelligence and tracking programs feed us everything we need to know because they know where we go, what we buy, what we watch etc.

We freak out when the power goes out, or the internet is down. It feels like we have reprogrammed our life around our gadgets. Our almost total dependence on these things is scary and dangerous.

We certainly can not put the techno genie back in the bottle. So as we move forward, we will either keep up or get left behind.

Just call me

Despite all the technology we have, I still find I get more done on a direct phone call. Of course, I can text you back if I'm busy. But, the good old phone call it's still the best way to communicate.

As long as I m on this topic roll, let me hit another area of poor or at least less than a viable form of communication it's DM's on Social Media. Because of security issues, I don't trust the open channels that they create. So more often than not, after I get a direct message or DM, from someone I  only speak with occasionally, I get a post by that same person saying they were hacked.

No means of communication is perfect, but we need to keep up. 

Just chill

Sometimes we just have to chill. I see all that is happening around me that is negative and stressful, and I get overwhelmed with emotions. Yet, I know that God is large and in charge. I must then pause and pray. Now my focus is on the moment at hand, not all the things going on I can't control. 

I have some practical ways to chill that I use. For example, I have some favorite bible passages I copy on index cards. Then, I make them for the passages that address the situation I am stressing over. Another way is to listen to music that is soothing or worshiping God. I also have some games that I can play on the tablet that takes my mind into its neutral state. 

Feel free to comment with your favorite chill techniques. 

Where hope is

This is a time of turmoil and confusion in the world. I am simply offering to anyone who is seeking God and doesn't yet know Him to please contact me. I can pray with you and help you find the peace that only Jesus Christ can assure. 

I don't have all the specific answers, but I know where my hope is. 

2 Corinthians 10:4 (NIV)

The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds.

Philippians 4:7 (NIV)

And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.