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Connected to the world, disconnected from God?

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I was reading an online devotional today about getting alone with God in quietness.  It caught my attention because I've been thinking about that subject, and we'd also just discussed it at our fellowship.  Here's what I posted on the topic: 

When I got saved in 1984 there weren't as many distractions as there are today, but even so, I would often feel God telling me to turn off even the car radio and be still.  It was during these quiet times I grew and grew in my walk with God.  With facebook, texting, laptops, cell phones, ipods etc… it's like people have no quiet time.  You can’t even spend time with someone to have lunch or whatever, without them being online or texting at the same time.  How much quiet time are we really giving to God if we’re that obsessed with all this stuff?  It’s crazy!  I know God is telling me to “come away” from the distractions and spend time with Him.  It’s like in Pilgrim’s Progress where the world is represented as this carnival that’s calling out to Christian from every corner with the intent of getting him distracted and off the path as he heads to the Celestial City.  There’s a lot of things to distract us, and unless we purpose to be still and alone with Him, it’s not going to happen.

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