Good/Bad the Constant Choice

 Well, I have made it!  Yesterday was my 300th devotion and today completes my one year committment.  I know some may be wondering if I am going to quit.  I have pondered that choice for a while now.  The answer is 'not exactly'.  I am going to keep writing but not writing a new devotion every day.  On the days that I do not write a new one, I will revise one from last year.  So, everyday you will get a devotion!  Thank you for your support and you words of encouragement.  I cannot tell you how your comments have kept me going at the times when Satan tried to get me to quit.  I appreciate all of you!  Today's devotion is the revised version of the first devotion I wrote! 

     We hear much about the ills of technology. It is true, there is so much horrific material at our disposal. I just heard on the news last night that there are now 750,000 people that go online for pornography and in many cases child pornography. We have hate websites at our fingertips. We can find out how to do any evil, destructive thing that we can imagine through our ever progressing technology. At the other end, we have never had so many tools at our fingers to spread good, to minister to others, to grow in our spiritual knowledge.
     I have learned to become very thankful for technology during this past year. It has allowed me to see Brittne in Peru, to see where she lives, and to meet her friends, and now to meet and get to know her boyfriend, who's a missionary in Haiti. I have a Bible application on my IPhone so I can read the Bible anytime I want and in any translation I wish. I can keep in touch with my brothers and sisters in Christ and hear daily about the work of the Lord. I can speak to missionaries, check on ministries, and listen to any Christian music I choose. I can even listen to the podcast of Bryce and Kristen's church and hear their pastor's sermon (Even Dwayne's now!) so we can discuss it as if I had been there with them. It has let me write this devotion and connect with people I don't even know. For so long, I have known that God wanted me to write about the daily lessons He teaches me through the most unusual things in life. I never could figure out how to share it. I felt uncomfortable to just send out an email. What if the recipients didn't want a devotion from me, I didn't want to force the issue. Blogging now gives me the opportunity to be obedient to God, to record my walk with the Lord, and to be able to share it with my friends. I have so missed teaching and now I have the privilege of sharing the greatness of the Lord with people I may not even know. The good things technology allows us to do is amazing to me.
     Technology is like our daily walk. There are paths that we walk that will take us to some evil and destructive destinations and there are some paths that lead us to some awesome experiences with God. The choice is ours. How are we going to walk? How are we going to use the gifts that God gives us? Take some time and think about how you are using what God gives you. Are you using it for God's glory or for your own pleasure. What path are you taking? Remember, every road takes you somewhere, are you going to like the destination?

Show me your ways, O Lord, teach me your paths. 
Psalm 25:4