Face to face

There’s no doubt that technology has changed the world. In some ways the changes are good. Some not so good. Having knowledge at my fingertips is pretty cool. Like the Bible app. I can look up verses anytime, anywhere. It’s always with me because my phone is always with me. There is a thing I’ve seen that bothers me. I’m old enough to have seen life on both sides of it. Before the cell phone days, if you wanted to talk to a friend then you went to see them. Face to face. In a face to face there’s an element of communication that you get that a phone can’t give you. It’s the nonverbal signals. We can actually read people and there eye movements, facial expressions, and body language and have a decent idea if they are happy or sad or angry and so on. During these interactions there’s an emotional involvement that takes place and a responsibility to deal with emotions. For example if you do happen to upset someone then your part is to set it right. During this process real friendships are formed and trust is built between you. Today however, like here on Facebook, or texting, or snapping, or tweeting we have the ability to just simply not respond. If we want to great, if we don’t great. There’s no real way of knowing what the other person is thinking because all of the personal interactions are missing. Without it it’s hard to form a real friendship. The kind where problems arise and are dealt with rather than simply avoiding a response and never talking again. We call ourselves “ friends” and don’t get me wrong we can be but what I am saying is that without being together in person how can we be true friends? Is it possible? The isolation is hard on us because we were created to have fellowship. To laugh together, cry together, to help each other. True love takes work and sometimes even hard painful moments and I’m thinking that technology has taken an element away from us leaving us with shallow friendships that haven’t been tested and tried. We can change it. We can quit just chatting online and like actually get together. As far as I know none of us bite!! Lol friends are important. Vital even!! Hebrews 10:25 says don’t give up meeting together. So let’s don’t!! Call someone up. Invite them over or out or whatever it takes. Let’s be real friends!! Dear God, life is lonely. We have gotten so far from each other! Help us to get back together and love each other the way you intended for us to do!!
I love you people!! Go see someone today. It’ll freak them out! It’ll be fun!!!!