A Cheap Substitute?
Filed under {!-- ra:000000007c20bfe5000000003adf5264 --}{if 'A Cheap Substitute?' == '52home' && category_name == '52home'} Biblical Womanhood | Time Management {if:else} Biblical Womanhood | Time Management {/if}Recently, Karen wrote in response to the post, “Because We Want To”:
As I read it I thought, “Yes, people are like this, restless and wanting diversion from reality.” And I realized as I read that I can understand people who don’t know Christ seeking solace in the distraction of the Internet, perfectly logical. But why does it also often describe me, as a believer? And not just me obviously or you wouldn’t be writing this series.
What have we missed in our understanding of our faith and our life in Jesus that we could fall into such a cheap substitute for real rest and peace? How could we buy this lie?
It’s something I will be thinking and praying about much more in the weeks ahead—and discussing with my friends (not on-line!) Thank you for your wise use of technology that is opening my eyes to face this and to hopefully in the process, draw closer to Jesus through His word. I am so glad He is the real source of peace in a heart-breaking world.
Our hope for this little conversation is to provoke all of us to ask heart questions like Karen. And to find our answers, with the help of the Holy Spirit, in the Word of God. Out of hearts satisfied in Christ, may we steward the gift of the Internet in such a way that keeps us from being “ineffective or unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ” (2 Pet 1:5-9).
We’ll pick up the conversation next week, talking about online habits and home life.