I was just listening to Cari Kates on KDUV Christian radio.
Cari was talking about the TV show LOST.
Apparently she loves LOST and she and a friend, who is in another State, watch it at the same time and text each other about it during the commercial breaks. Then, as soon as it is over, they call each other to discuss what happened and what they think it all means.
As I was hearing her talk about this show which, let’s face it, is about paranormal activity, I started thinking how great it would be if people reacted to their bible reading like that.
How awesome would it be if people got so excited about reading the Bible and talking to God that they were texting and calling each other while they were doing it, excitedly sharing what they were hearing and learning?
But no… we only do that for secular TV shows.
…. and people wonder why they are not growing spiritually and why they don’t seem to be impacting the people around them for Christ.
Great thoughts Peter! I totally agree with you. This post gave me an idea . . . Remember I mentioned to you the idea of connecting on tokbox with you and other bloggers?. . . What if we did this to share with each other what God is teaching us? Just a thought anyway . . .
That would be awesome!
Either “great minds think alike” or God is telling us the same thing. On my new blog, I’ve just started a meme called “The Word for Wednesday,” complete with Mr. Linky. It starts thus:
“Each week, you’re invited to post a scripture that has touched your heart, whether it’s an old favorite, new light from the Holy Spirit, or something you’re pondering.”
If you, or anybody else, would like to participate, go here:
http://mohawkvalleychristians.blogspot.com/
Oh yes! I completely forgot about that when I wrote this post.
Great idea for a meme!
Yeah. Unbelievable! It’s not like that show is something uplifting and spiritual, like “Heroes”. That show rocks!
(Okay, I’m kidding. I used to love watching Heroes, but I can’t sit still for an entire hour. Thankfully, I have tivo — which also rocks.)
Now THAT was laugh out loud funny!
Everyone knows that if you want uplifting and spiritual you have to skip “Heroes” and watch “Desperate Housewives”!
You’ve hit on a very good point Peter, why don’t we get this excited though?
In work we often run back & forth telling eachother what we’re reading or listening, it is great to be in that environment (sometimes this causes the machines to jam up though)
I get the point that you are making. We should be excited about what we are reading and learning from God. But I thinkg that right here we are getting excited about what God has been showing us, and we write eachother back and forth about it.
Good point….
Do we get AS excited about it as we do about our favorite shows etc though?…
And I guess really I was thinking about the Christians who don’t blog about or talk about their journey with Christ. What can we do to encourage them to get more excited about what they are learning from God?