Living in a muddled world

Do boundaries exist anymore? How many people do or can check their work e-mail from home, or from their phone? How many of you are socially reading this while you are at work? When do we make the distinction from available to not available? What hours are off limit for work?

Do you feel the need to do anything in person anymore? I got estimates and scheduled my car service without ever talking to anyone. I just chatted online with a representative. They confirmed my appointment for me over e-mail. It required no human contact whatsoever. It's kind of weird.

How does this affect the rest of your life? Specifically, how does this affect your relationship with God? There should be pros and cons. I'll explain. One pro, is that we are told to "pray without ceasing" which is far easier when you can be in contact at all times. This is a life we are supposed to live with our creator. However, we are not to treat it as something we can check in and out of at will. The "human contact" or intimate relationship part of the conversation is supposed to be there. We shouldn't simply be sending God an e-mail, hoping that he responds in some way at some time, but should be having conversation with him at all times. If your prayer life looks like a phone call or an e-mail, you are missing out on some of the greatest moments available to you. If your life with other humans is always available and never has time to rest and enjoy, you also are missing out.

It kind of works as an opposite. We feel the need to be constantly in touch, to be within a phone call, to answer and check e-mails within minutes of their arrival hoping not to miss anything, and this causes us to miss out on so much of what is going on in our lives in the present. Our anticipation of future actions leaves us void of enjoying the present ones.

Find God always, and find time away from other people. God wants you to have a Sabbath day, not 7 days of muddled life where work and social projects are interchangeable.

For those of you reading this while you are at work... hi. I'm glad you checked in. I hope you continue to do so. Don't get caught. Good luck, and get some work done, but try to leave as much of in your office when you leave so that you don't take it home with you, to people who don't deserve it, and do deserve you.