Life is a good thing. I don't think there's anyone who would argue that. In the beginning, God created life. In fact, given that there are plenty of potential times I probably could have already died, God sustains life in an active and involved way. There are many times where He gets involved in the nitty-gritty. It's not always obvious in the moment, but usually looking back you can see His fingerprints like they're glowing in the dark.
Romans 8:38–39 provides a list of all kinds of things. You’re probably familiar with it. It goes something along these lines, “Neither A nor B, neither C nor D, neither E nor F, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.” While I have always loved the verse and always loved what it was saying, I sometimes missed what was going on. I, possibly like many others, knew the outline of the verse but didn’t have it memorized.
I’d like to continue to add to last week’s post. There I made the point that, although we are certainly using technology more and more for communication, human beings will always rely on (and get the most joy from) face-to-face interaction. Some of you may have heard of the iPhone 4. It’s Apple’s new smartphone that’s selling faster than borscht at a Mennonite Church potluck. One of the most advertised features of the iPhone 4 is “FaceTime,” a video conferencing technology that allows you to chat with friends, family, and enemies face-to-face.
Let’s face it, we all use technology. The fact that we’re reading from others on a blog is evidence to that fact. Jeanette and I use email as our primary communication method. It’s quick. It allows people to respond on their own time. And it doesn’t interrupt life the way a phone (especially a cell phone) does. As we’re getting used to all this technology, many people of older generations (mine included) are opposed to some of the movements among the younger crowd. Texting, facebooking, etc. They scare us. “It’ll reduce face-to-face interaction,” we say.
