March 23, 2009

Do you ever stop and think about how technology has changed over the last several years? I have been thinking about that lately.

I remember when we got our first microwave oven when I was a kid. It was amazing! You could heat something up just like that. Just don't put any styrofoam in there for any length of time.

Somewhere around that same time, we got our first VCR. A huge thing that covered most of the top of the television that it sat on top of. Top loading, too. But we could see all those shows that aired on Sunday nights or Wednesday nights while we were at church. Or rent movies instead of having to see them in the theater or wait for network television to show them in between all the commercials.

Remember when the only person with a phone in his car was Batman in the Batmobile? For you younger ones, I'm not talking about the series of movies that started in 1989, but rather the old television show from the 60s. A big, red phone, right there in the dashboard of his car. The rest of us had to be talking on a phone that was actually connected to something.

And we all watched Batman, because there were only four or five television channels to choose from. One more if you counted public television, but who really watched that anyway?

What about all those early Atari games, which progressed at a leisurely pace compared to the games out there now. Pitfall, anyone?

And if you are reading this, most likely it is on a computer using the internet. It wasn't that long ago when no one had a computer in their homes. Not to mention that we never had heard of a thing called the Internet.

So yes, things have changed just a bit over the years. Seems that technology has made some leaps and bounds in our lifetime.

But for all these changes, many things have remained the same. We all have the same basic needs. Sure, there are food, clothing, and shelter. But even more basic than that is the fact that we need each other. And we all need God.

Some things will never change.

Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind - Romans 12:2

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