What next?

I am constantly amazed at the way technology is able to influence our lives. I remember when cell phones were "mobile phones" and were attached to small briefcases that you had to lug around. Now, you can impact almost any aspect of your life with a 3" x 5" piece of glass and plastic. You can post to Facebook and Twitter, check and send e-mail, play some really clever games, watch TV or even a movie, check the weather, surf the Web, listen to music, take pictures or videos, read a book and even make a call to someone (gasp).

I have an app that, when I scan a bar code, allows me to find the item at any online or local vendor and gives me the best possible price. Unthinkable, not 3 years ago.

If you have a cell phone (85% of Americans do), what would you do if it were taken away, never to be replaced? I think some people would actually go through a sort of physical withdrawal. We can't imagine our lives without one of these in our hand, but you know what...we would survive. The same way we survive when the power goes out, the cable goes down, or the car doesn't start. Technology makes our lives easier (it's true) but it is fallible. It can and will disappoint us as will anything made by human hands.

What will not disappoint us? What will never fail and leave us in the dark (no pun intended)?

We know that God never disappoints or fails us. Romans 5:1-5 "Therefore having been justified by faith, we have peace with God though our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom also we have obtained our access by faith into this grace in which we stand; and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God. And not only that, but we also rejoice in our tribulations, knowing that tribulation brings about perseverance; and perseverance, proven character; and proven character , hope; and hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us."

What do you put your trust and faith in: things of men or the glory of God.