Thoughtful Thursday

I've been doing a bunch of computer stuff this week. Between learning some new programs at my new job and transferring computers at home I feel like I'm on technology overload. It's funny how much I've come to depend on my computer for everything from banking, communicating, photos, etc. I'll admit that I'm pretty lost without it. Do I spend too much time on the computer? I think that's hard to answer because there are so many necessary tasks that I do on the computer that use up time. But it can also become a time-killer as well if I'm not careful. As in everything, moderation is the key. I'm trying to teach my children to "unplug" every once in awhile and need to remind myself to do the same.


I remember reading a quote about technology. I need to find the reference so I can quote it exactly but the idea is that God has provided advances in technology so that we are able to use the extra time created by these advances to do more good. For example, we have a dishwasher to wash the dishes which saves us time as opposed to washing everything by hand. But the author pointed out that we don't always use the extra time that is created. Instead we fill this time with more tasks. I think about that a lot and wonder how I'm using all of that "extra" time. It reminds me of the last time that we bought a new computer. At the time we never thought it was possible to use a whole gigibyte of memory. But soon that wasn't enough and now I have a new one with several hundred gigibytes . I can't imagine filling that up but I know that eventually I will. Funny thing that technology seems to have us thinking that we always need more.


A friend sent me this poem that is a fun little reminder.


I asked the Lord to tell me
Why my house is such a mess
He asked if I'd been "computering"
And I had to answer, "Yes."


He told me to get off my fanny
And tidy up the house,
And so I started cleaning up....
The smudges off my mouse.


I wiped and shined the topside
That really did the trick...
I was just admiring my work
I didn't mean to 'click.'


But click, I did, and oops I found
A real absorbing site.
That I got SO way into it,
I was into it all night.


Nothing's changed except my mouse
It's very, very shiny,
I guess my house will stay a mess
While I sit here on my hiney!