Dependent on Technology

           Over the weekend and a couple of days before then my Internet was off and on. It wasn't working well and then yesterday it totally stopped until it was time for bed. A computer guy came and fixed it today for me. I had mixed feelings about letting him fix it.I even thought "let's wait another week since I am busy this week and won't be home this weekend to mess with it".
           The first couple of days I don't know if I was mad at the computer people or myself. I had to call the computer company 4 times until I could get someone to come to my place. My moden was old and that was the problem. Was I mad at myself because I have come so dependent of a machine? I needed a weekend where I couldn't get on at all. God knew it for some reason. I had been trying to cash a check from work for 3 days and couldn't because it was down. I finally get Wi Fi on my phone to where I could cash it in and that was a McDonald's parking lot across from my apartment. Sad I know.
           That's when I realized how dependent I was and how this world is on technology. Saturday I had to go out and do something or I would have gone crazy. I did things around my house but like kids these days, I got as taste of not being able to stay on focus. I started things but didn't finish them. Sad. I went and had lunch with a friend and went shopping with her. I even went to church with my friend too. It felt ok that I did that. I wasn't missing out on anything even though I did. The message at church was on Grace and Freedom in Christ. How ironic, right?
            Sunday was even a more blessed day without it. I got up went to church at 9:00 and was happy and smiling even the pastor noticed and said something about it. Not only that but felt like I could hear God better without all those things to compare with. I colored with a little girl that's deer to my heart in Sunday School. I got to shake hands with people I never did before during the service. After I got home and notice the computer wasn't working, I did some things for work and some house chores. The sermon was about betrayal. After awhile, I was like "ok, God you must want me to pray about something" so I did. I prayed a 4 page prayer, longest I have prayed in awhile. I went back to see if it would work and it didn't so I took a little nap and then cooked dinner.
            I really wasn't looking forwards to the computer guy coming today because I knew that I would be back on it non stop. As soon as the computer guy got it up and running again, I felt back in touch to reality, which is sad. I felt like I could talk to people again, which is sad. We shouldn't need Facebook, messager, YouTube, or anything else like that to keep in touch. We should keep in touch face to face. That is another thing that I learned this past weekend without it. I would rather text too because it is more personally I feel then Facebooking.  When I colored with that little girl, shook hands with people, and looked people in the eyes I felt apart of something. I felt like I had something to talk about with them. I didn't know what was going on so I could asked.
             I also felt like I had more time to pray and talk to God. I feel like I waste most of my time on the Internet when I could be cleaning my house or doing something like that. It is a block these days with having real relationships. We think we know everything about everyone because it is on the Internet when really we don't. It is just the good things going on in their lives and that is good sometimes but it is when we get down to the mess and gitty things that we get the closet to people and really know them. If I did miss anything, it was being able to write here and cashing and checking my bank account. Those are the two things I really missed and oh, yeah watching YouTube when I had nothing else to do but then again that is where I waste some of my time too.
            What I learned through this past few days is this: "I need to take some time off every once in awhile and just enjoy God and people." It is funny too because in the sermon on Sunday, it was also mentioned that Jesus loved people. When you think about it, Jesus took the time to go to the people and really get to know them, not just write them over the computer. :)