Our world we live in. It's about making more money. It's about worshiping sports and the players that play them. Following how much money they make. Taking joy from their struggles and obsessing over them on online forums and blogs. Following the celebrities in music and movies. Taking the same approach with these poeple until you want what they have so much that you disregard how lucky you are to have the Lord has given you, since it is all you need! Enter in the social media wave. Facebook. Twitter. Myspace. This is the chance we all have to be important. Have followers. Have fans and more friends than the other. Its like we are all back in high school all over again. I do think they have a positive purpose. Staying connected to loved ones and spreading the Good News, but it has all the draw backs as well. As a marketer by day job, i attend conferences and lunches where companies present analytics on this stuff that will blow your mind. These companies make millions of dollars analyzing the people who are online all the time posting about themselves..something doesnt make sense here!! Starving and sick poeple in this world and some can make millions studying other's bad habits! The whole world is on the internet at home and mobile with their fancy iPhone or Blackberry. Constantly posting updates oh what they are doing like everyone wants to know..maybe they do, but that's besides the point! This culture is all about ME! Not about serving others and the Lord. It just pushing farther away from the full truth and it is sad. We need to make time, find time from all this distraction. Remember this is all my opinion, maybe no one cares, but i do not want to hurt anyone with a post like this, so just remember i am trying to refrain from judgement here.
Our world is surrounded by the phrase and belief "Truth is realitive". Well if that were case in science, that would mean a scientist could alter the formula until he "beleived it was true to him" and it should still produce the same result right? No! That would mean as a contractor he could really cheap material to build a house because he "surely beleives" it was what he should use, but then the house falls apart and he gets sued down the road! Or in Mathematics, if a professor beleives in a new way to solve the equation 2 + 2 where it will equal 5 and not 4. No, that is not the truth. That is the problem with society today, the only time they can use the law of realitism is with faith and how to interpret that which supports it. Just something to think about. How does anyone else make time to pray everyday? Please share, cause im looking for new ideas and i'm sure others would like to know!
God Bless!
Dennis
I don't know about making specific prayer time, but I pray a lot during the day about everything, because if I don't the negatives can become too overwhelming i.e the media, people, hurtful situations etc...
ReplyDeleteWhen I can't sleep, I pray the rosary in my head till I fall back asleep or if I'm having a bad dream. The prayers are repetitive and therefore meditative and help rebalance me.
As an imperfect human, I see the need to pray and try to remember that although I'm unworthy, God still grants his grace to me.
To me, the U.S. business mentality has a very self serving view, and I tend to think everyone should have enough food and shelter. If I were rich, I would give a lot of it away, as my mom says "You can't take it with you when you go!"
Just a few of my thoughts...
Thanks Angela. Those are some great points..the rosary really helps me as well.
ReplyDeleteYou make some good points. I've found it really difficult as I've been away from home with no job or school to focus on. Its become somewhat lonely as I know nobody my age here. Therefore, I've relied on Facebook to stay in touch with my friends, and yet it keeps me feeling empty or maybe missing them more. Worse than that, where I used to spend time in God's Word, I've begun randomly browsing and browsing Facebook coveting the friendships and fellowship my friends on there have. Thank you, Dennis for making these points.
ReplyDeleteAlso, it is a good thing you bring up the postmodern view "Truth is relative". This couldn't be less true. Sure, things change, but if something is purely true, it must be true always. If it is not, then it was not the truth of God to begin with.
We are trying to pray the Liturgy of the Hours here at our house. We're just one week into it, but we are getting into a routine of "meal--clean up--prayer." So we pray after Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner. It only takes a few minutes and some thinking ahead to print out each day's prayers. The kids really seem to be liking it--they get to light and snuff candles! LOL--and it brings a good rythym to the day.
ReplyDeleteThat's awesome LeeAnn. Food for thought when it comes to when Meg and I have a family. It is amazing what can happned when we invite Jesus into our daily lives as families. God Bless you all!
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