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Hang On, God’s Texting by Kaye Stein
F
ather, I thank you today…Max stop barking…Lord,
agree with this. You can’t go back, only forward. For the
thank you…what was I supposed to do today? Oh, thank
believer, our goal is to always head towards the mark
you Lord…good grief that cat is so annoying…oh, that’s
which Christ has set for us. Delving into that scripture,
my phone…Lord, I got to get this because it might be the baby
you begin to realize that God created us for a purpose.
coming…where were we? Thank you, Lord, for loving me and my
He knows everything about us and has set our course.
crazy self? I know you understand me because you created me, but
Yet, He has also given us free will so that we may choose
I am thankful that you haven’t given up on me yet!
to seek Him. Now, given that we have a purpose and our
Does anyone else have trouble concentrating or trying to find quiet time for your Bible study and prayer time?
days are numbered, how should we be looking at the minutes in our day? Proverbs 4:5, “Get wisdom, develop good judgment. Don’t forget my words or turn away from them.” 2 Timothy 4:5, “But you should keep a clear mind in every situation.” Why? He goes on to say that we are to be telling others about the Good News! Jeremiah 6:10, “To whom can I give warning?” Are you listening to the right source? There are two sayings that are contradictory: “Out with the old and in with the new” and “What’s old becomes new.” Either way, the important thing is to be concerned with what you are putting in your mind. The human brain has a natural,
According to Statista and DigitalMarketing.com, the average
intrinsic capacity to learn. The brain is a supercomputer.
person spends 145 minutes per day on social media.
Like a supercomputer though, what you put in the
People 16-29 spend 3 hours per day on social networking
memory card will drive the brain. To achieve higher
platforms. People swipe, type, click, or tap their phone a
levels, you must develop higher skills like a video game,
whopping 2,617 times per day, but for the heavy user, over
right? Thus, what you are spending your time on is filling
5,500 times. There are 5.22 billion people worldwide using
your data, and guess what comes out by way of your
a mobile device, and 4.66 billion internet users, according
actions and speech? Exactly—what you are putting in.
to their data. That in itself is not really an issue. The Bible
Making sense of it all…use your time wisely! Guard
app reports it is on over 350 million devices around the
your heart and mind so that they may not sin against
world. So, what is the issue then?
God. Hang on, I’m getting a text from God!
Theophrastus, an ancient Greek philosopher, once You will never have more time. Even the unbeliever will
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About The Author
said, “Time is the most valuable thing a man can spend.” Kaye Stein was raised in North Georgia and is now retired. She lives with her husband in Rome, Georgia. She loves her Lord and her family time.
