6.09.2009
I get anywhere between 60-80 emails a day.
- "Join our new Facebook Group ____________!"
- "You have received a direct message from _________ on Twitter."
- "__________ has left a comment on jasonbedellonline.com"
- "Hi Jason, my name is ______________ and I need some help with my marriage."
- "I was in service yesterday, and I am so coming back. It was amazing."
- "I just wanted to let you know the music is way too loud at your church!"
- "I've never been to your church, but checked out your YouTube page, is that what Christians really should be doing???"
- "Pastor Jason, I just wanted to say that yesterday's service changed my life."
- "FWD from Lisa Gollihur: ___________ is interested in getting baptized."
- "FWD: Send this to ten ppl or you'll have bad luck for 5 years."
Before I had an email account, I received about 1 letter a week (not including bills). From people who cared, those few that I was extremely close to, or someone inviting me to a gathering of family and friends.
It took Effort. Time. Energy. You had to really be passionate about something to write a letter, fold it up, lick a stamp and throw it in the mail. It was an investment of sorts. You had to go and buy those stamps, paper, pens, and envelopes to send your letters. Now, it's as easy as running to the endless array of computers and hitting "send."
I wonder if our "electronic" mail has ruined us when it comes to communication... Now, I am one of the first people to jump on board the cutting edge bandwagon- but is it sometimes more hurtful than helpful?
Email has conditioned us to communicate anything our heart desires. We love something, forward it. We hate something, email the creator. We think about something we need, send a quick blanket email to find it. Email has made everything in our life come into the priority spotlight. Unfortunately, I believe this has also tainted our communication with God. He wants us to bring everything, but with this new priority scale in our culture- the things we are praying about might not be the things we need to be focusing on... (I know I have to check myself on this every once and awhile).
What if we had to invest money into every email we sent out? What if we had to put a little more work into the communication we engaged in with people? Would we or wouldn't we hit "send?"
I'm thinking our inboxes would be less full, but we would open our email inbox with excitement and joy like we do when we walk to the curb and see a letter from an old friend. And who knows, maybe our communication to God would begin to improve as well...
Jason *over and out*
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