Slip on by - Finding Favour

Better get your tissues ready…. Great song!

As I get older, I realize now how fast time is going by.

The other day my niece told me something her 5 year old son wrote in a note to her. He said, “Mom you hurt my feelings.” The reason is because she told him to go outside and play and get off the electronics.

When I was growing up we use to play games outside with our friends like, Red light, Green light… Statue… Hide and go seek… Mother may I… I can go on and on… We were always playing outside, and hated to come in when our parents called us.

I really miss how it use to be. My husband and I had a conversation about technology, and how we could put the blame on it, but it is really peoples choices on how we spend most of our time. I don’t know whether to love technology, or hate it.  In my time of raising children, we sat on the floor and  played games with our kids. When we pushed our children in the stroller, we had both hands pushing and watching where we were going, instead of looking at our phone with the other hand. We played with our children when we took them to a park, or at least watched them play with the other kids. When we went out to dinner with our spouse we had conversation, instead of our heads buried in our phones. When we got together with family, everyone interacted. How about when people are driving, do we really need to go there?

I am a people person, and I just love talking to people. Getting to know their story, and them getting to know mine. The other day at work I said good morning to someone, and they barely looked at me because they were so busy on their phone. I didn't even have the opportunity to ask them how their morning was. My heart was hurt at just thinking about so much damage we've allowed to come into our relationships with other people, and our own families and children.

What happened to relationships today? What happened to eye to eye contact? I really think if you took computers and phones away for 2 weeks, some people would go through withdrawals.  Is technology getting the best of our time, and our children, and our time with each other?  Don’t let time slip by.

Thank God we don’t need technology to have a relationship, and a conversation with Jesus! No texting, or emails, just good old conversation. Mark 6:31, Jesus says, “Come with me to a quiet place and get some rest.” We all know how much Jesus loves us, and wants to spend time with us. Maybe you’ve let time slip by with your spouse, or children, or parents. It’s never too late to make it up.

My prayer for us all, is that we don’t let the precious time with getting to know Jesus slip by. The life God gives us is so precious, and we only get it once, so make the best of it before it’s gone.

Kim