Connection
Our technology enables us to be the most connected society in history. We have live television coverage of events around the world. We have cell phones, web cams, email, myspace, facebook, blogs, & twitter. We can track the events of friends and family across the country. If we choose, we can maintain near constant connection with any person, anywhere, anytime.
With all the digital communication and social networking opportunities available, why do people still feel separated, distant, and alone? Virtual connectedness is no substitute for personal presence. Close relationships require some degree of proximity.
God understands this. He made us this way. It is a significant factor in our relationship with Him. He didn’t just give us His word by text message, He gave it in person. Sometimes through prophets, but ultimately, He came and walked among us, teaching, talking, training.
Although there are aspects of God that transcend beyond our ability to comprehend, He is still close. He chooses to be among us. He makes it possible for us to be with Him.
Constant media saturation will not fulfill the desire to be with close friends or satisfy the hunger to be in the presence of God.
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August 27th, 2008 at 8:17 am
This is so true. I saw this first hand in Haiti last year. The people down there really know one another. All they do is talk, face-to-face, with one another. They truly care about one another. Why? Because they don’t have any form of communication besides face-to-face contact. I was truly jealous of their ability to have the deep relationships with one another that they have.
August 27th, 2008 at 10:01 am
Communication involves so much more than words. Some things just don’t transfer in print.
August 27th, 2008 at 4:08 pm
Most definitely. It was cool to see two men who could walk down the road and hold hands as a sign of friendship. Our sign of friendship would be whether or not they are your top friend on MySpace.