I’m reflecting on my day and taking inventory of the decisions I have made with my use of technology. Our phones, computers, TVs, video games, and other technological tools are used for personal or work-related purposes. Either purpose can leave you distracted at the end of the day. In my own research, I found that the average person spends 6.5-7 hours a day on some form of technology. These hours add up to about 20+ years. Wow!
Psalm 123 reminds me to set aside the distractions that keep my head down and to “look up”. It helps me think about how the world’s negativity shows up in everything we do—discussing the news, weather, politics, comparisons, and our favorite judgment of everything and everyone.
Psalm 123 reminds me to look to Him. To be resilient in the face of the hard things and turn my focus to Him.
3 Show loving-kindness to us, O Lord. Show loving-kindness to us. For we have had our fill of hate. 4 The proud have laughed at us too long. We have had more than enough of their hate.
- I lift up my eyes to You, O You Whose throne is in the heavens.
Let’s take the vertical view of this world, looking up, in all we do. Avoid the horizontal approach, which looks at everything wrong.