Communications Rock!!

In these days of electronics we find ourselves communicating with one another at an unequaled level. We are sending instant messages, texting, blogging and talking on wireless phones. We don't have much face-to-face interaction, Sunday afternoon visiting, or hand written letters but we communicate freely via our electronic devices. Actually we are tethered by our electronic devices. We seldom are able to escape the "tug" of an email, text or instant message. Cell phones vibrate insistently even in quiet places. If we choose we can be constantly connected. Our curiosity tells to check our email at least daily if not hourly or relentlessly. The world is at our fingertips. The ad campaign by a phone company told us to "reach out and touch someone" and to "let your fingers do the walking" those slogans seem prophetic . Our fingers are constantly on the move, reaching out, typng on our various keyboards that facilitate our "touching". The dexterity of a teenage texter is amazing as they "walk" over the tiny keys. The tiniest of keyboards deliver a coded cipher that can evoke the most fundamental emotions. We can choose to confront a correspondent face to face with an attached camera or not. We can sit across a room, face buried in an electronic device while the person we communicate with is within earshot. There's no love notes secretly passed across the classroom but a silent vibration to alert a boo or BFF to check vitals on their crackberry. Without some knowledge of basic electronic jargon we are left out, as were previous generations, of the communication of young people. My understanding is that "a boo" is the same as your "main squeeze" ; a BFF is your Best Friend Forever; to "check vitals" is to take a look at your electronic communications devices, one of which would be your "crackberry" or Blackberry if that means anything to you. Each of the terms are probably already dated in this fast moving world or are, as we used to say, "L7" or "square". These references are at best, ridonkulous!
To our chagrin, the 50+ folks cannot operate the equipment of our time. The changes of this part of life are so fast and furious that we are left dumbfounded, sitting dazed and confused with a complicated remote control in hand and a blank, silent television screen in front of us. Many of us couldn't turn on a computer and "couldn't work one because we didn't take high school typing". Our fingers are much too stiff to dial "them little phones". We are caught staring at the phone with tears in our eyes longing for a simple "Hello". We hate to call a business with no "real person" to answer the phone because we know we can't react fast enough to "push all them buttons to talk to someone". Even the doctor's office phone tells you to push this button or that for this reason or the other while all the time you inch closer to the Pearly Gates.
With all this frustration we are elated to begin a conversation with "Dear Lord" and know that the world will soon melt away and our heavy hearts will be lifted. We know there is Someone to hear our pleas for help and we know that through prayer we still have a steadfast BFF to help us through our darkest hours. His blog is as close as our Bible, His peace and comfort a thought away. We will always feel the "vibration" when He calls. OMG (Oh, my God) is just as viable today as a lamentation for those in need as it is a slang exclamation to others. No electronic devices required. No buttons to push. Just a reverent and grateful heart and a simple "Lord," is all it takes!!