Cell Phones and the Bible

I never cease to be amazed with the fact that so many people cannot live without a cell phone. It makes me chuckle that as soon as the pilot touches down, all these various sounds go off around the plane as people are turning their cell phones back on. I have to admit it would be convenient for curbside pickup to let the person driving you know when you have landed especially with planes being late nowadays. Sitting in a meeting, church or a concert, it is totally annoying when a cell phone rings. At the emergency room where I work, patients and family members have their phones stuck to their ears it seems. I had a mother last night who was arguing about someone who put lemons in lemonade, when lemonade is already made of lemons and why would one want to add lemons!! This in itself was humourous but the sad part is that I was trying to give her the discharge instructions for her child and she wasn't even willing to stop the converstion for the two minutes I needed of her time. This happens all the time. I just don't understand how people cannot just for a short amount of time turn their phones off and pay attention to something else.

While surfing the Internet I found this anonymous reflection:

"Wonder what would happen if we treated our Bible like we treat our cell phones.
What if we carried it around in our purses or pockets

What if we turned back to go get it if we forgot it

What if we flipped through it several times a day

What if we used it to receive messages from the text

What if we treated it like we couldn't live without it

What if we gave it to kids as gifts

What if we used it as we traveled

What if we used it in case of an emergency

I was thinking on my way home, got touched by the spirit, so I wrote this so you can hear it. Its just something to think about

Something to make you say hmmmmmmmmmmmmm, and where is my Bible?"

-Anonymous

It really makes me think and feel how sad about what our world has come to. And by the way - I have a cell phone - but my friends are so frustrated with me because it never is on. It is for "emergencies" only - and my first call is a prayer to God anyways!! And now I have to find my little Bible to carry in my purse!