I'm a nerd, so gadgets appeal to me. Naturally, Dick Tracy smart watches are cool. I'd love to have spy smart glasses. Those cars with all the digital displays on the dashboard look like space ships! Fortunately, being deeply cheap keeps me from being broke. But I can take it too far. I will occasionally catch myself spending half an hour dithering over two options separated by $5. Thus one character flaw trumps another.
Sin can operate the same way.
What if we're sinning and don't even know it? One of the passages in The Screwtape Letters that has really stuck with me is the chapter where Screwtape explains that gluttony isn't what we think it is, that it's far more subtle and easier to commit than we assume. His discourse opens up a whole world of possibilities, and it's quite unsettling.
Over the last few years, I've been feeling like my brain was slowing down. Maybe gumming up is a better description. My memory was getting worse, my attention span was getting shorter, and I just didn't feel like I was thinking as clearly. At first I thought it was probably just age, maybe a little laziness thrown in. Recently I decided it was more than that, and acting on my gut suspicion, I got on the road to turning it around.
I know I'm not alone in this, so let me share how I'm fixing my brain.
This week is an all-video edition of our digital smorgasbord. I've got a selection of interesting and helpful videos for your perusal.
Scripture encourages us to contemplate the world around us. "Consider the ant." "Consider the heavens, ... the moon and the stars." The natural world has much to teach us, so let's reflect on one of the wonders of the night sky and see what wisdom it can impart.
