i noticed an ad on the train the other day for the kindle maybe? whatever it was for, it held 1,400 books. and i just sat there thinking about who would ever need to put 1,400 books on one electronic device. i don't think i've ever even met anyone who has read 1,400 books in their entire life. but then i thought - well, there are some special people out there who probably have. their skin is probably as white as mine (only from no exposure to the elements) and they may or may not still be breast fed...
this lead me to the trail of inventions that are made for the most extreme of situations/individuals. kindles that hold 1,400 books. computers that have the most space. cameras that take the highest quality pictures. and everything just keeps getting "better" and "better".
when i got the iphone 4, only because i had shattered my 3, i felt like i had finally caught up. but no, no. then i shattered that and flashed a little skin in the apple store and got another 4 completely free and thought ok maybe NOW i'm caught up. nope. and i never will be. my laptop is still the white clunker. it has chips out of it and is not really so much white as it is off white with what would appear to be my finger prints after being taken to the police station. but i like it and it works for me.
so today on the train i'm thinking all of these ridiculous thoughts while i look around at everyone's version of "what works for them" i realize.. our culture is pulling apart the wires God so meticulously organized in us: the desire for beauty, the ability to live in an extended period of contentment; or better yet - joy - and replacing it with seeds of unfinished business and a yearning for newer versions of meaningless things we've already acquired.
we want, want, want with no sense of satisfaction. God created us to want him, and given the fact that he makes himself readily available to anyone and everyone, we really can be satisfied with just knowing him.
what do you have that satisfies you? or who?
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