Google It!
When I was growing up, I was kind of nerdy. I loved to sit reading ... the encyclopedia. Now, I'm not a brainiac or anything. I didn't read things cover to cover. I was just curious. It was so cool that I could flip through the pages (yes, I grew up in the era when the encyclopedia was still in a set of books, not CD or internet), stab at a place on a random page, and read about the topic I landed on .
Nowadays, I Google it! Google is an amazing thing. If I want to find out something about history, I Google it. If I want to know about an important person, I Google it. If I want to get advice on what to do about a problem, how to live a healthier life, how to deal with relationships, I Google it. If I want to find directions on getting somewhere, I Google it. If I want to know something about anything in the whole universe (well, cyberspace, anyway), I can just Google it. If I want to get into a conversation with others of like mind (or not), I can Google it. If I even want to tell others what I think about something (like on this blog), I can just Google it . Seems I could get through life pretty easily with my handy dandy computer and Google.
Hmmmm, but not quite.
As expansive as cyberspace is, as resourceful as cyberspace is, as comprehensive as cyberspace is......it can't guarantee a relationship with Someone even bigger, the God of our universe.
Oh, I can get some pretty solid information that can encourage my faith. I can even meet some pretty cool people through cyberspace...people who may actually become my friends and care about me. I can even "attend" church through cyberspace.
But nothing Google can offer compares to that personal relationship we can have, one-on-one, with our God who loved us enough to give His Son on the cross; who desires to be with us all the time ; who knows every detail about our lives, our thoughts, our worries, our needs, our struggles, our darker side; and has a plan and spiritual journey for each and every one of us. Nothing Google can offer compares to the intimate, safe, nurturing, healing time we can have through prayer, listening to Him, reading His Word, worshipping Him, even arguing with Him, and sensing His Spirit through the knowledge, faith, and conviction that He loves us so unconditionally and unselfishly and patiently. Google can't do that.
So, the next time you want to find out about some pretty important historical events (and amazingly related to current events) , and you want to meet some pretty important people, and you need some advice on how to live healthier lives or have healthier relationships, or you need some direction for your life, and you want to have conversations with people of like faith or be able to share your faith with others who don't , or you just need to be able to share what is on your mind and heart or you just need to be loved....don't Google it...."God it" first! He's less than a click away!
God bless,
jane
Nowadays, I Google it! Google is an amazing thing. If I want to find out something about history, I Google it. If I want to know about an important person, I Google it. If I want to get advice on what to do about a problem, how to live a healthier life, how to deal with relationships, I Google it. If I want to find directions on getting somewhere, I Google it. If I want to know something about anything in the whole universe (well, cyberspace, anyway), I can just Google it. If I want to get into a conversation with others of like mind (or not), I can Google it. If I even want to tell others what I think about something (like on this blog), I can just Google it . Seems I could get through life pretty easily with my handy dandy computer and Google.
Hmmmm, but not quite.
As expansive as cyberspace is, as resourceful as cyberspace is, as comprehensive as cyberspace is......it can't guarantee a relationship with Someone even bigger, the God of our universe.
Oh, I can get some pretty solid information that can encourage my faith. I can even meet some pretty cool people through cyberspace...people who may actually become my friends and care about me. I can even "attend" church through cyberspace.
But nothing Google can offer compares to that personal relationship we can have, one-on-one, with our God who loved us enough to give His Son on the cross; who desires to be with us all the time ; who knows every detail about our lives, our thoughts, our worries, our needs, our struggles, our darker side; and has a plan and spiritual journey for each and every one of us. Nothing Google can offer compares to the intimate, safe, nurturing, healing time we can have through prayer, listening to Him, reading His Word, worshipping Him, even arguing with Him, and sensing His Spirit through the knowledge, faith, and conviction that He loves us so unconditionally and unselfishly and patiently. Google can't do that.
So, the next time you want to find out about some pretty important historical events (and amazingly related to current events) , and you want to meet some pretty important people, and you need some advice on how to live healthier lives or have healthier relationships, or you need some direction for your life, and you want to have conversations with people of like faith or be able to share your faith with others who don't , or you just need to be able to share what is on your mind and heart or you just need to be loved....don't Google it...."God it" first! He's less than a click away!
God bless,
jane
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