Technology fatigue

We all suffer from it, right?

We comment on facebook, retweet tweets, pin like crazy on Pintrest, Instaram, use our phones to receive emails, catch up even on the weather and the news. The latest gadgets are advertised and off we rush to get into the latest craze.

George Orwell's book "1984" is nothing compared to how we watch each other, we do not need a "Big Brother" to do it for us. We monitor the ones we like (and dislike at times), we seek their approvals and measure it by the amount of comments and likes on whatever status update / post / link we have put out there. Often this also comes with deep hurt if we are critisised ever so slightly for what we believe in and stand up for.

Media is all around us and unfortunately shapes our view of ourselves, in addition to shaping our view of the world, since we do not know how to think for ourselves any longer. The thinking is done for us in more ways than one. Pity, since we have been given a brain to test theories, test arguments for truth and validity, yet we hardly engage our brains.

With all this technology and fear of missing out, comes a busier and busier lifestyle than ever before. We deceive ourselves if we think that technology makes our lives easier or even gives us more time to things. The fact is rather, that every spare moment is spent catching up on the latest tweets and what our "friends" are up to. In the process we forget how to breathe and seek for peace which we so desparately ae longing for.

Needless to say, the faster technology becomes, the faster we live our lives. Thus we "live" for the weekends and holidays like these:

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In some cases we even live for the next adventure, chasing down the next adrenalin rush, thinking it relaxing - haha

So, what is the solution to all this? Well, peace cannot be found in this upsidedown world without some spiritual context. However, the only spiritual context that will bring true peace, is found in the Bible - seriously! There is no way to attain peace in meditation if you do not know WHAT to meditate on. There is no peace in nature if we cannot look at it through God's eyes. There is no peace in the fast pace of life if we don't stop for a while to think about what really matters.

God created us for peace - to live in it and to show it to others. Let's find peace in this crazy world by praising Him and worshipping Him and in the process extending soem of that peace to others.