Tame those devices …
My wife and I love Pomeranian dogs and have had the joy of owning, and being trained by, at least half a dozen of them over the decades, one by one, says Eric Gaudion.
I say ‘being trained by’ because with this attractive little fur ball of a lapdog – much admired by Queen Victoria in her day – there is no question as to who is in charge.
They may be tiny, but their personalities are huge.
No matter how many training techniques we employed, we usually ended up accepting that either the struggle would go on, or we might as well give in.
Mostly we gave in.
Today there is a new struggle going on in our home and, I suspect, in many others.
The battle to control the devices that proliferate in our lives, and not to be controlled by them, is very real.
Our time is precious, yet think of how much of it we waste gazing at a screen.
How easy it is just to flick over to one more post, one more story, or one more reel.
If we are not careful the minutes can run away from us and that precious time for prayer or reading can be lost.
I have found it helpful to keep a special place for my daily devotions and to banish devices from it.
It was all too easy to check my messages or peek at social media instead of focusing on the Lord.
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