with all these forms of interaction, i feel like all my communication has been getting reduced to a twit message. ive found that i will think something along the lines of, "i'll just twit this!" or "i'll blog about it" and then i find that i dismiss the conversational aspect of this interaction. we lose the special moment we usually gain when we tell someone the exciting moment that just made our day. that special moment gets diluted to the text message received from twitter, tumblr, or even blogger. i am not saying they are bad things to have, but when having so many mediums for communication, we put ourselves in the center of attention, and we lose the conversational aspect of it.
while writing this, i realized that this is how my prayer life has been like. with all these mediums for talking to God, i forget about the conversational aspect. God is not only there to listen to all our requests, worries, and trivial matters - he isn't a good luck charm. it's not about us, its about Him. as much as God likes hearing our prayers, He likes to talk to us. God's voice isnt a loud booming aslan type sound that comes from the sky after a scary thunder storm. he speaks through the crackling of a burning bush, the little whisper in the wind, or even through the melody of our favorite song.
God is in heaven and you are on earth. therefore let your words be few. Ecc. 5:2i need to think of ways to keep my words few, in life and in spirituallity.
dont get my wrong though, im not bashing all these internet sites. they all have awesome uses and i think plenty of people are using them for good. sometimes i just feel overwhelmed though

ditto. to everything you said here. i actually wrote a similar post. it's in my draft. i think i'm just sticking with blogger. i'm already off tumblr, and really addicted to twitter right now...but hopefully i'll get tired of that. my blogger is like my twitter..since i don't really post anything of substance, just short musings here and there, so i might as well just have a blog. i just like twitter to follow other things like: ny times, esv daily, etc. haha.
ReplyDeletethanks for the verse.
agreeeeed! good post sean hsueh!
ReplyDeleteso much...stuff! overload! ahhh!
and I also agree on how God talks to us...I've learned that the WORD is how He gets to me. He convicts me, comforts me, calls out to me through the Word...and it's amazing in every way. =)