today, while reading the news, i was very disturbed (not that i am not always disturbed). the headline story this morning on cnn.com was that there are families in alaska that are starving, as they are having to choose between heating their homes and feeding their families. right next to this headline were the smaller stories for the day. one of these stories was that a some kid scored 890,971 points playing a video game, which was the highest score ever recorded for this game.
it is just very sad to me that this was even a story that would make the national headlines. as i thought about how much time this kid put into this achievement (if i can call it that), it saddened me even more to think that this time could have been spent on something far more productive. now, i will admit that i play video games every once and a while to relax and do something brainless. i do this, maybe, once every three or four months for an hour or two. it seems that people are spending more and more of their time doing activities like this, though. and for what?
there are families struggling to survive here in america, and we are playing video games. it has convicted me to pay close attention to how i am spending my time. has my life been dedicated to something that is completely pointless - like playing video games? in such an individualistic society, which encourages us to think only about ourselves, it seems that we must be very careful to make sure we are serving one another. our time and energy could definitely be spent making a difference in this world, participating in what God is doing to redeem all of creation.
perhaps the movie wall-e is prophetic in regard to where we are headed if we do not be more careful.
just something to think about...
jw <><
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Excellent point on who we are, or who we are becoming...
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