“Terror overwhelms them like a flood, and they are blown away in the storms of the night.” (Job 27:20)
I am reading a fictional series right now that is pretty interesting. In this story one day everything stops working: anything run on electricity, planes, cars, watches, generators, you name it and it doesn’t work. Even the water system is completely shut down. It is the 21st century and life as we know has gone away. No more computers, no more video games, no more stereos and CD players, no more running water or quick trips to McDonalds, and no more refrigerated food. The people in this book have to learn to cultivate the land and do without the nice technologies that we have grown so accustomed to in our everyday life.
Interestingly enough I have really starting to think about what would happen if we really did loose all technology. Makes me want to learn how to do things now that would help us in our need but also allow us to be less dependent on society for our food and provisions. I should learn how to not kill every plant that crosses the threshold of my house so that one day I could have a thriving vegetable and fruit garden. I would actually reconsider my husband’s wants to have a house on some land someday because then maybe we could have a couple chickens or something and nice big gardens. I know I go a little our there with my thoughts but how nice would it be to provide for ourselves more????
So, the storms last night that breezed through Iowa knocking out the electricity in roughly 170,000 homes, including mine, really REALLY got me thinking and loving the irony. How much in this life do we take for granted? Why is it that I just can’t bring myself to leave my windows open a bit more and suffer through some of the heat and humidity to save energy. Why don’t I really start a garden; I have been thinking about it for years but it takes so much work! And why don’t we walk just a little more or ride our bikes more often? I mean, I am frugal with my gas but how much more so could I be?
Take a moment to thank God for all He has provided for us through the rise of technology and innovation. Thank God for placing such creative minds behind the electrons and fossil fuels that get us through our day. And then ask God what you can do to be a better steward of our world and throw in a little prayer that our power will come back on sometime today!
“And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.” (Colassians 4:6)
