Sunday, January 23, 2011

Awake Sleeper, from The Internet: A Challenge to The Christian

When I feel closest to God, I am
  • journaling with PEN AND PAPER, or
  • praying on my knees in a closet, or
  • driving appreciating the beauty of creation listening to anthemic positive Christian music
Online though, is a mess of attention deficit disorder emails, notifications, text, images, videos- the research shows that Social Media makes us temporarily more ADD than normal. And we flit from one thing to another and most of them are worldly.

4 Obscene stories, foolish talk, and coarse jokes -- these are not for you. Instead, let there be thankfulness to God. 5 You can be sure that no immoral, impure, or greedy person will inherit the Kingdom of Christ and of God. For a greedy person is really an idolater who worships the things of this world. 6 Don't be fooled by those who try to excuse these sins, for the terrible anger of God comes upon all those who disobey him. 7 Don't participate in the things these people do. 8 For though your hearts were once full of darkness, now you are full of light from the Lord, and your behavior should show it! 9 For this light within you produces only what is good and right and true. 10 Try to find out what is pleasing to the Lord. 11 Take no part in the worthless deeds of evil and darkness; instead, rebuke and expose them. 12 It is shameful even to talk about the things that ungodly people do in secret. 13 But when the light shines on them, it becomes clear how evil these things are. 14 And where your light shines, it will expose their evil deeds. This is why it is said, "Awake, O sleeper, rise up from the dead, and Christ will give you light." - Ephesians

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