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People live on their cellphones, ipads and notebooks, this is not an understatement! Perhaps we could say the young more than the older ones!  What if you did a personal inventory to find out about yourself?   What would be your findings? How much value do we place on electronics? No doubt they are necessary and relevant but how much time of our lives do we spend on them?

Well, recently I had an experience when my important cellphone accidentally fell in water when I needed it most as I was rushing to an important appointment.  Then somehow, I accidentally  touched the most important part, the screen and it got damaged.  The immediate solution I was given by the Mobile klinik was to buy a new phone. But on the other hand, they could not recover all my important information from the old phone as it had not been stored.  They tried to order a new screen but it took at least three days.  Meanwhile, I could only send emails while in the waiting, which was not as fast as texting! Instead of connecting us, cellphones are constantly disconnecting us as we use them avoiding face to face chats.

Well, for three days, I didn’t have a phone and it really felt awkward, yet I was alright!  While wondering about this, the Lord reminded me that I had the privilege to speak directly with Him at any time and didn’t need a cellphone for this! He always has first hand information which is so much more accurate and reliable!  Such a great reminder that in as much as we need gadgets to function in this world, He is so much more supreme and so much more reliable!  Well, Paul reminds us about who God really is in Colossians 1: vs17 that “He existed before anything else, and he holds all creation together.” How much more should we honor Him as our Creator and yet use our gadgets wisely and not treat them like they are our lifeline?