As Alfred has noted in his blogs the ministry of Jesus has been popping up in the Gospels on Sunday. His short three year ministry has Jesus touching on many subjects. Many of his Gospels appeal to me on different levels. As I sit and type away and sip my morning coffee on this crisp fall day in the desert I often wonder how I find time to be with Jesus and relate to my wife and write the books I need to write.
Jesus never talks about computers and blogs and he really new nothing about computers and I Phones. He did know people though. He knew about distractions and material things. This is why he probably said on numerous times that to follow him you had to give up all your earthly possessions.
Can you go and pray without taking your cell? Can you step out of the house and just walk without any distractions? Many of us find it difficult. I am like that but I will leave the house today without the cell. My wife and I often go to Church without our cell phones only to be diaappointed by someone elses rude phone.
Many of us older folks have grown up in the day when cell phones were not available. A much simpler time? Perhaps. I think each era makes its own distractions. Remember those annoying beepers? And what about those funky answering machines and the long cord on the phone. My uncle, a saleman, actually installed a phone right near the crapper.
I will venture into the desert to pray without the cell. My promise to Jesus. LOL
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