Last night at our bonfire we talked a bit about media, our involvement with it, and our motivations for the crazy ways we use it. NOT for one second am i outright condemning such things as FaceBook, Twitter, gaming systems, and so on. The problem arises when the thinking (setting your heart upon) and engaging of such media outraces and overcomes the engaging and setting of your heart upon Jesus.

The question was raised, "do you think that anybody really cares about the details of your life that it becomes a necessity to share with everyone what you had for breakfast, how your coffee was, your plans for the rest of the day, and how many nose hairs you clipped before you set out to do such?"
As i thought about this question a bit more, fully understanding that most of us truly DO NOT care about such insidious detail of others lives, the fact is, in a twisted way, WE DO CARE. That is to say, we don't care about all those details, but we do care to know everything we can.
Some of you might not agree with that at face value, sighting the fact that you could care less about all the stuff you're supposed "know" in/for school. However, if you're anything like me, and it's precisely the reason so many magazines and shows like People and TMZ are outrageously popular, there is a desire in most everybody to know other peoples business. A desire to feel connected, informed, involved, engaged, and invested in another life. We like to know what others and doing, how they're doing it, and why.
It was said last night, "God is ALWAYS up to something." If we, if you, would create, cultivate, and fuel the same desire to "know" what God is up to in the same manner that we/you do regarding media outlets such as FaceBook, Twitter, TMZ...i assure you, that you would encounter Jesus in ways you never thought personally possible! The very reasons, desires, and longings that we chase after to be filled in such media, are the very same reasons, desires, and longings that HE DIED to fulfill.
Connect, inform, involve, engage, and invest in HIS life, and HE will surly do the same. He died to, and He's actively seeking to do so this very moment!

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