a note for young people: 2025

Thursday, December 4, 2025

Romans 15:13

King James Version

13 Now the God of hope fill you

with all joy and peace in believing,

that ye may abound in hope,

through the power of the Holy Ghost.

Have you ever done what this born again watchman normally does?

I watch how many people use their smartphones each day.

As they walk, talk, eat, rest, work, or commute.

At least a third are hooked on their phones.

It's even become a game for me.

When a person walks slowly in the middle of the sidewalk, or an overpass, I tell myself most likely they're looking at their phones.

True enough, I'm right.

In my city, there was once a ban against people doing that.

They were asked to please go to the side of the street, or not look at their phones as they cross the street, or walk up and down the stairs.

Wishful thinking that.

The policy didn't last very long.

Eyes are perpetually glued to their smartphones.

Young people's ears are normally plugged with their headsets.

They wouldn't want to miss out on events, or their friends.

Some have large tablets for school, apart from the usual laptops.

And I think to myself, are kids getting "dumbed" out of creative thinking?

Have they relied so much on tech?

Are they losing out on the essentials of life?

Like, interacting with real people face-to-face?

Now, it's screen to screen.

Thank GOD, there seems to be a counter-movement going on, too.

Have a look at what this watchman found:

Parents and teachers will celebrate at these.

Unless they're addicted users themselves.

But I did "see" an electronic "armageddon".

I was "shown" that over 20 years ago, too.

SPIRIT helps me "see".

Because I'm His faithful student.

Thank GOD, my brain's wired differently.

As people go high tech, I purposely go low tech.

I'm not slave to machines.

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