I saw a t-shirt while I was in Colorado on my non-electronics vacation. It was one of those "Life is Good" t-shirts with a stick figure and a cute saying. On the shirt was a picture of the little stick figure man lying against a fallen tree. The simple little caption read, "Log off."
It may sound silly, but it was like a sign from God. It was an affirmation that for a time, choosing to be off the grid was a good thing. I worked a puzzle. I walked with my kids. Drank coffee with my wife. We drove for hours. And the world went on just fine without email and iPods and this silly little blog.
But since I am logged on once again to this "silly little blog" I can see the value of it. Not in the electronics or the probable over-abundance of time we spend on computers these days; but rather, in the fact that even as you sit and peruse these thoughts on your computer, O faithful bloggerland reader, hopefully what you are reading is more than just fluff. Hopefully it is something that builds you up for the long journey on the road of faith.
The preacher in Ecclesiastes 3 said, "A time to be silent, and a time to speak." Now is a time to speak. It is another day when something else needs to be said, if only repeated. Perhaps what needs to be said falls along the lines of the warning in First John to not be overly comfortable in the world. To long for another world. To bind up our hearts in eternal promises.
I found a poem I like called "Song of the Grass Roof Hermitage"--
I've built a grass hut
Where there's nothing of value
After eating, I relax and enjoy a nap.
When it was completed, fresh weeds appeared.
Now it's been lived in
Covered by weeds.
The person in the hut
Lives here calmly,
Not stuck to inside, outside,
Or in between.
Places worldly people live,
He doesn't live.
Realms worldly people love,
He doesn't love.
