Life without the internet...
PostPosted: Thu Feb 24, 2011 4:26 am
My internet connection has been acting up since around a month ago.
When I left my modem router off for a while and turned it back on though, it worked again.
However, as of around three days ago, it no longer worked even if I did this. It could not get the signal at all (I use ADSL).
I have become so dependent on the Internet that I really feel something is missing if I don't have net access.
I spent some time reflecting on why I felt this way, because I have gone for days without prayer and Bible reading, and yet don't feel like something is "missing". I asked myself "Shouldn't I value God much higher than my ability to get online?".
Whilst it's true that I actually need the internet (I am sometimes on-call after work, and I also coordinate some church activities via email on a weekly basis), I don't feel it justifies my placing the internet on a higher priority over God.
Having worked out that my modem router was busted (had it for three years, so probably just broke down), I bought a new one today and everything is fine again.
But in the context of what to do as a result of what I've learned (spiritually), I don't know where to go from here. I could spend more time praying and reading the Bible, but what I really need is the inward kind of desire for it. And that's something I don't really seem to have.
Have you any advice for me?
When I left my modem router off for a while and turned it back on though, it worked again.
However, as of around three days ago, it no longer worked even if I did this. It could not get the signal at all (I use ADSL).
I have become so dependent on the Internet that I really feel something is missing if I don't have net access.
I spent some time reflecting on why I felt this way, because I have gone for days without prayer and Bible reading, and yet don't feel like something is "missing". I asked myself "Shouldn't I value God much higher than my ability to get online?".
Whilst it's true that I actually need the internet (I am sometimes on-call after work, and I also coordinate some church activities via email on a weekly basis), I don't feel it justifies my placing the internet on a higher priority over God.
Having worked out that my modem router was busted (had it for three years, so probably just broke down), I bought a new one today and everything is fine again.
But in the context of what to do as a result of what I've learned (spiritually), I don't know where to go from here. I could spend more time praying and reading the Bible, but what I really need is the inward kind of desire for it. And that's something I don't really seem to have.
Have you any advice for me?
