It is crazy how drug-like digital entertainments can be. I often find myself needing to apply that verse from Ephesians, "Do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery, but be filled with the Spirit" to the digital world. To avoid getting your mind entertainment-drunk. To pass on the YouTube Tequila. Great post brother!
I've been reducing screen time on my phone too. Generally fairly successfully but what I have noticed is that if I am tired, I get sucked into the ddom scrolling. I have also substituted my kindle for thr need to pick things up - I have wholesome things in there which deals with the physical addiction to holding an electronic object in my hands!
Love to hear that you have made progress. Being tired is often when I give into getting on my phone for no reason. That’s when the discipline of keeping my phone in a certain spot away from me come in clutch.
"As a Christian, I believe that every man and woman has been created in the image of God. I am then compelled by Christ to treat every man and woman as if they have been created in His image, whether they believe this about themselves or not. If they do, rejoice!! If they do not, I must then BE His image before them to the best of my ability and pray they come to know Christ."
I always enjoy your insights each week, Daniel. Thanks for the reminder to be Christ's head, heart, and hands in this world.
It is crazy how drug-like digital entertainments can be. I often find myself needing to apply that verse from Ephesians, "Do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery, but be filled with the Spirit" to the digital world. To avoid getting your mind entertainment-drunk. To pass on the YouTube Tequila. Great post brother!
I've been reducing screen time on my phone too. Generally fairly successfully but what I have noticed is that if I am tired, I get sucked into the ddom scrolling. I have also substituted my kindle for thr need to pick things up - I have wholesome things in there which deals with the physical addiction to holding an electronic object in my hands!
Love to hear that you have made progress. Being tired is often when I give into getting on my phone for no reason. That’s when the discipline of keeping my phone in a certain spot away from me come in clutch.
"As a Christian, I believe that every man and woman has been created in the image of God. I am then compelled by Christ to treat every man and woman as if they have been created in His image, whether they believe this about themselves or not. If they do, rejoice!! If they do not, I must then BE His image before them to the best of my ability and pray they come to know Christ."
I always enjoy your insights each week, Daniel. Thanks for the reminder to be Christ's head, heart, and hands in this world.