{"id":26253,"date":"2012-01-12T11:10:32","date_gmt":"2012-01-12T16:10:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=26253"},"modified":"2012-01-12T11:12:57","modified_gmt":"2012-01-12T16:12:57","slug":"a-reflection-on-making-holes-in-our-heart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2012\/01\/12\/a-reflection-on-making-holes-in-our-heart\/","title":{"rendered":"A reflection on “Making Holes in Our Heart”"},"content":{"rendered":"

A reflection on “Making Holes in Our Heart<\/a>” from The Technium:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Excerpt — that is also quoted in that piece:<\/em><\/p>\n

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There is a hole in my heart dug deep by advertising and envy and a desire to see a thing that is new and different and beautiful. A place within me that is empty, and that I want to fill it up. The hole makes me think electronics can help. And of course, they can.<\/p>\n

They make the world easier and more enjoyable. They boost productivity and provide entertainment and information and sometimes even status. At least for a while. At least until they are obsolete. At least until they are garbage.<\/p>\n

Electronics are our talismans that ward off the spiritual vacuum of modernity; gilt in Gorilla Glass and cadmium. And in them we find entertainment in lieu of happiness, and exchanges in lieu of actual connections.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

From DSC:<\/em><\/span><\/strong>
\nReaders of this blog know that I lean towards a pro-technology stance!\u00a0 \ud83d\ude42 \u00a0 However, I also realize there are limits to what technology brings to the table.\u00a0 Though the author goes onto comment about his being ok w\/ holes in our heart, I think he misses the greatest void in the human heart that only the LORD can fill — not technology and\/or other things that humankind may create.\u00a0 I’m not saying that I’ve always known what that feels like to have the LORD fill that hole in my heart, but I continue my journey in my relationship with Him, pressing on…sometimes feeling His presence…hearing Him speak to me at different times and in different ways…all the while hoping that I will know that feeling intimately and consistently.\u00a0 But ultimately, all of this technology — when compared to knowing Christ – IS garbage. <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The Apostle Paul puts it this way in Philippians 3:8<\/a> (NIV):<\/span><\/p>\n

8<\/sup> What is more, I consider everything a loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them garbage, that I may gain Christ<\/em><\/p>\n

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