Face time

It's holiday season and the newspapers take on a different tone. One thing reported this week in the Metro was the research showing how much time people spend with their computer or gadget. The full story is here. The bit that struck me is that males are spending up to twelve hours a day looking  at the screen of their gadget.

They wouldn't spend that much time looking at the face of their wife or girlfriend! Or talking to them.

Yet we all know that face time with the ones we love is important. Face times with our gadgets can be fun, can even be useful, but also can suck away the time we can be using for friends, family and significant others.

As a lover of gadgets I struggle with this too. For example, I was bereft recently when my Motorola RAZR i fell into my shaving water and ceased to function. But I decided a long time ago that human relationships trump time on the computer or in front of the television. In other words if someone wants to come round for a chin wag, bring it on! Don't say to them  "sorry I am busy staring into the face of my beloved computer thingy!" After all our lives are really about relationships, that is where true fulfilment comes.

God recognises that too. Where we spend our time is after all so telling. And God wants a piece of your time too. Because he is a loving God, he also wants a love relationship with you. That doesn't happen without face time. If we allocate some of our time to God a relationship can build.

Strange perhaps to think about that in a holiday season. But right now you have a little extra time. So remember the saying "seek the face of God and live" - you might find a new sense of peace in your life.

For reflection :

 ‘Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know.’ Jeremiah 33:3 

Try to be at peace with everyone, and try to live a holy life, because no one will see the Lord without it. Guard against turning back from the grace of God. Let no one become like a bitter plant that grows up and causes many troubles with its poison. Hebrews 12:14-15 GNT

Trust in the Lord. Have faith, do not despair. Trust in the Lord. Psalm 27:14 GNT