Living in a High Tech World

I love my gadgets!! I am not a techie person but I do like to have the tech gadgets. I admit that I may have a few too many and at times feel rather spoiled with all that I have.

What do I have you ask? Well, I have an iPod I keep music on to listen to when walking. I have an iPhone 5 that I have had for a year. I have a Nook reader. I have an iPad Mini that I absolutely LOVE, and I have a laptop. Pretty pathetic!!! I have all of these at my fingertips anytime I want or need them. Crazy!!!

I probably use my iPhone and iPad the most....carrying them with me all the time. I first had a regular iPad but didn't like the size of it....so I traded it in for an iPad Mini which fits in my purse. I read a lot and since I got the iPad, I don't use my Nook as much.....I use my Nook App on the iPad.....I know spoiled!!

Why am I telling you all about my techie gadgets? As I have been writing about prayer lately, I began to compare my prayer life with my techie life....sounds strange I know but just hear me out!

I love texting....not obsessed with it....just love the convenience of it. I can be thinking of Ken or one of the kids....send them a text that I love them....and be on with my day. If I need to tell someone something....I can send them a text while I am thinking about it....be done with it....and not take the chance of forgetting later (which happens a lot with me lately). I text with my hairdresser, people I work with, friends, family, and doctor's offices now will text with an appointment reminder....it's everywhere....it's fast and it's easy.

Text's are usually short little sentences and can be sent quickly. I began to realize that I "text" God throughout the day....sending up little prayers randomly as I go about my day. I may ask God to bless the checker at the store, calm the person pulled over by the police, ask God to send us rain, thank God for something as I go through my day....."texting" God all through the day!

There are other times when I stop for a minute or two to pray specifically for someone.....someone having surgery at that moment, someone making an important presentation, someone having tests run.....you get the picture.

These prayers are longer than a text but only a few sentences or so! Prayer that petitions God on someone else's behalf for a specific need! I might "email" God several times a day depending on the prayer requests!

I know that God hears every prayer and petition I bring before Him. He is always there waiting for me to talk to Him and seek Him out throughout my day!! 

But sometimes God just needs to hear my voice.....calling out to Him.....whether in petition on someone's behalf......thanking Him for blessing me so abundantly.....singing Him praises....or.....in anger over a selfish matter.....God wants to hear my voice!

When my oldest son went off to college, it was about 14 years ago.....and yes I am that old! It was right before cell phones began to get cheap enough for families to have more than one phone!! It was also back when there were still land lines in all the dorm rooms......this is really making me sound old!! 

I made a deal with my son, I told him I wouldn't call him at school in the dorm if he promised to call me every Sunday so we could talk.....more for me than for him! LOL He agreed and we stuck to this deal pretty good!! He would send me one or two emails during the week....letting me know he was eating, sleeping, going to class and was doing his laundry!! LOL The important stuff moms worry about!

I remember one time my son went home with a friend for the weekend and didn't call me that Sunday....I didn't panic because I knew the reason for the "no call Sunday". By the second week I really had to restrain myself from calling before the next Sunday afternoon call....I knew he was okay as he had emailed me during the week....but I just needed to hear his voice.....needed to hear him tell me he was doing okay!!

I think this is how God feels when we go long periods of time without speaking aloud to Him.....going without spending one-on-one time with Him. Time in our special place....a closet....early before anyone else is awake......where it is just God and I!! Time when I am totally and completely focusing on God!! 

Sometimes God just needs to hear my voice!!

God hears my "text" prayers, and He hears my "email" prayers, and He loves it when I pray to Him....however my prayers are done....but.....sometimes God really just needs to hear my voice!!!

From my corner of the world.....going to my closet to pray.