To Hell With Texting! JK

One thing that I’m passionate about is relationships.  It is the one thing in life that affects EVERYTHING else.  You can be getting awesome grades, but if your friend is mad at you, the world seems terrible.  You can be a millionaire, but if your marriage sucks, the money doesn’t count for much.  I really love my job, but when my wife and I have a significant disagreement (which is thankfully uncommon), it is hard for me to stay focused through the school day.

It seems like God made us this way.  It applies to Him too.  When we’re not connected with God, there is a subtle ache that pangs inside. 

So, in the last 3 posts I hope I didn’t come off as just hating on technology.  I just want to fight against anything that harms real-life relationships. 

When you ask people what is sin, they often respond: anything against God's rules.  Maybe, but more accurately, it's anything that works to harm relationships.  All sin is like that.  Honestly, that's what hell wants: to separate us from each other and from God. 

So, texting is not inherently evil, but we've got to make it work FOR relationships. 

One of the posters made the point that we may need to put parameters around texting, for example.  Another poster commented how she and her boyfriend have made a specific effort to actually talk more often than texting.  These are awesome things.

My wife and I have a challenge when it comes to talking: lots of kids!  Sure we talk at home and at dinner, but always with four other voices around.  It’s hard to talk on a deep level that way, and, honestly, talking on a deep level is one of the great things you get to share with a significant other. 

So, we schedule a time each day where our girls know we’re off limits and we can just sit and catch up on our days together.  We also schedule a weekly date where just the two of us can go out and have fun together and talk about the deeper stuff. 

The point is: we have to take planned action to make sure the real good stuff of a relationship occurs.  Texting is fine, but consider how you can prioritize real communication (in-person or on the phone or Skype) with the people you want to be close to, whether that is a boyfriend, girlfriend, best friend, cousin, parent, or grandparent.