The Common Experience

 Social overload! Well maybe that's a little exaggerated, but I’m not used to reading and writing on comments and such. But, overall community is a good thing. Through our communal experiences we interconnect. Sometimes it’s with old friends and family. Sometimes it’s with strangers on the other side of the globe. It’s been strange lately; I've found myself scrolling through a myriad of blogs. They are from all around the world. What’s interesting? Most of the pages are usually the same, from countries around the blogosphere. People write about what they are into. Whether it is academics, family, hobbies, politics, religion, or tech stuff from just about any country, they are all the same. Our human family has the same interest all around our globe.

No matter what you are into, someone else is too. Solomon put it well over 3000 years ago, “there is nothing new under the sun,” Sure technology changes the way we do life, but at its core people are the same. We love family and friends that love us. We hate what is different and distasteful in our eyes. But underneath all of this in our innermost being, our soul, we have a sense of a leftover remnant gifted to our first parents. That is the breath of God that made us a living souls that will live on forever.

The internet is making our globe small and smaller connecting people from all walks of life in all shapes, colors, and sizes. This “Net” is an equalizer of sorts, everyone has a voice. How we use it is up to us. If we use it for fighting and dissension, our voice is of no value and serves only to divide. If our words do divide us, may they be along lines of absolute truth. But, please dialogue, especially when you disagree.

Like everyone else on the web, I have a hobby horse. Though it is not a hobby, it is a relationship with my best friend, Jesus. I’m sure I've lost some at the mere mention of Jesus. Religion and rules, just seen so restrictive in our day, or do they? If the rules were all there were, I would fail, as would you. But, if the one who breathed life into you wanted to know you, and for you to know Him, wouldn't you want to? Not to mention, the rules are there for our protection and that of our neighbor.

So, I guess you could say is this about me. I want to know Jesus, the creator of heaven and earth and I want you to know Him too. There is good news in Jesus; He came to earth to pay a ransom price on our heads. He came to earth to give us eternal life. Believing He did it, died in our place and confessing your sin (agreeing with God you broke the rules chiseled on your conscience) allow us access into a relationship that finally fulfils. It also brings eternal life and helps us avoid damnation of a hell made for the devil.

Choose Life!