The other day I went out to coffee with my friend, Stephanie. She is also from Roanoke and we have known each other since high school. She graduated from TFC 2 years ago but her husband is still in school here. Her precious little son, Gabriel, came too but of course, he slept the whole time. We got together to catch up and such because we hadn't seen each other since before Christmas. We had a really good talk about what God was doing in our lives and things that are going on in our world. The world has almost 7 billion people living on it...7 billion!!!! That is a butt load of people!! The best part about it is that God made all 7 billion and he knows everyone's name. Sheesh!!! That in and of itself is amazing but on top of that he knows us all individually and loves us more than we will ever imagine. Technology was a big topic of conversation, how technology is, in a sense, taking over the world. I feel like the last 5 years has been revolutionary for the world of technology. Now a days you never have to be out of contact with people. You can call, text, email, skype, facebook, blog, tweet and probably a lot more than that. That is just electronically. You can fly any where in the world and be there in less than 24 hours. Sometimes I wish I lived in the 1800's or some time long ago. They lived such simple lives. I want to strive for simplicity in my life now, but I'm finding it's nearly impossible. They didn't have laptops, ipods, cell phones or any kind of technology. It just makes me so mad how people in our world cannot live 5 minutes without their cell phones or being on the internet in connection with others. Our world has so much potential to do good and be glorifying to God but I feel like we are becoming more negative than positive. If we just used the technology we have access to and try our best to communicate the gospel to all the other people in the world we could show the God's love to so many people.
Another thing we talked about today is how mean people are. All the times I have worked in retail I have seen this meanness up close and personal. Every time I go into a store or restaurant, I try to be extra nice to whoever is helping or waiting on me because they are human just like me so that doesn't make me any better than them. We treat the people God has created so poorly and by doing that Christ's love is not shown. That is one thing that gives Christians a bad name. We just need to be conscience of those around us and how we treat them. There are so many opportunities that we pass up to tell people around us how much God loves them. Who are we to think we are better than them? Just thinking that we are better brings us down. We need to strive to give God the glory in every situation. No, this isn't easy but thankfully God is so patient with us and even when we fail, he is there and he still loves us.
I actually wrote this post a few days ago but just now got around to posting it. I'm supposed to be writing a paper that's do tomorrow but finishing this was more interesting. I haven't proofed this so parts may not make sense...oh well!
"So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it ALL for the glory of God." -1 Corinthians 10:31
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