Technology vs. Face to Face

I got up at 6:30 on a Saturday morning because it was tundering, lighting, and raining outside and my AC can't be on because it is broken so I was uncomfortable but then I thought God must have done one of His early wake up calls to get me to write what I have been thinking about this week or at least half of it. What I have been thinking about is a little strange but it makes sense in today's world. My mind has been on: Technology vs. Face to Face-Which is better and why? Of course face to face is because you can be real with the people you are around. To me, growing up when the age of Technology started to get big that is hard for me I will admit. I have always been the shy and quite type yet deep thinker and loves to write things out whatever way I can. I guess I didn't know how dependent I was on technology getting me through my friendship until I moved to AR and really cared about the people around me. I remember my first email address and how excited I was to get it. I remember my big brother setting it up for me because noone else knew anything about it and I was old enough to have one. That is when everything started and when I say everything I mean me not having real, authic friendships. Yeah, I remember I use to use it at first to keep in touch with family and really my big brother when he was away at college but then as the years went on it got worse for me and technology can more advance. I started emailing my friends at school even though I saw them everyday some I talked to some I didn't. Then I got a cell phone and that started the whole texting thing, and then Facebook came along with messager and that's where I am today plus this blog. Sadly, I guess I really never knew what it was like to have a real relationship when I think about it was on techy which I hate to admit but lately I have noticed the importance of having face to face talks whether with girlfriends or guyfriends. You can't see their reaction to what you say, some people might just blow what you say off because they don't know how you mean it, and other things like that. Funny when you think about it that way because we also get so caught up checking our email and time on Facebook that we really don't even "call" or "talk" have face to face with God anymore. I know I'm getting madder the more that I learn about the affects it can have on friendships. I love the one on one or small group talks with my friends and for some reason lately I love it even more maybe it's because I know they want to have those talks too or maybe because it is so meaningful when we do and I, if not both of us, learn something from face to face because we can go much deeper then texting. Having relationships with our friends could show what kind of relationship we have with God and do we just want a texting one or a deep one? It shows because we learn about him and can, hopefully, see him through one another by how we encourage and care for them by just being there when they need us the most. It would take a lot of typing on a little phone to really have a meaningful talk about God or your problems and why waste the time when we can see them most of the time. There are good times for technology for friends that are away and keeping them up to date about the important things in your life but other then that way bother with it. I know I'm saying this and I'm bad at it but one of my goals is to stop using technology so much and talk to my friends face to face to see how their day was or their trip. I might sound like I'm becoming old and I'm not I'm just becoming more real to my friends and towards God. We aren't real unless we share who we truly are to people and we can't do that over technology. That is what I need to change in my life or one of the big things at least because that is what I have been using and it hasn't worked. It has just confused and messed things up for everyone. Right now, technology is no good in my book and maybe I'm just going through a season but it is a good season because in a way I'm growing closer to God.