So its been a couple days, probably not enough time to really observe this bubble we call earth completely, but we must push onward!
This morning I came across an article that was written in 2007 about the Social Bubble. In this article, Dori Maynard paints a very nice picture of the social bubble. She contrasts networking with a Social Bubble...here are her thoughts.
"A network, particularly on the hyperlinked web, suggests to me a vast series of connections that naturally lead you away from your comfort zone and into the home of those you might never encounter in your everyday life."
"A social bubble, on the other hand, may still be a large place, with multiple connections, but those connections never truly take you outside of your sphere. You may, in fact, meet people you don't know, but you won't meet people you don't know much about. In many ways, our online social bubbles are simply recreating our analog experience."
Now the article in itself has little to do with what I am talking about here, but I really like her description of the network and the social bubble. Her description, shines some light on the origin and makeup of some of the bubbles I have been in contact with. I would like to state that I am not against the social bubble, I understand why we have them. But some bubbles create difficulties, especially when we are dealing with God's people and the Gospel. These are the troubles we will continue to think about...
I am writing my thoughts and experiences on this digital canvas not to destroy but to try and create an "aha! moment." The moment we can see and understand something that might be heavy on our heart, or the moment we see God's glory shining through the dirt and grime of this life. You see, I don't claim to be anything other than a child of God, and as a child of God I have been charged with a task. A task that takes me out of my comfort zone and into a hurting, humiliated, disease ridden world. A world covered in sin, a world that cries out, a world that longs for that which it does not understand. You see I can't keep this news to myself, I can't put it in the bank and earn interest...the interest is earned when the message is in action. Like the parable of the talents, Matthew 25:14-30, we can see that we have been entrusted with certain things and the question arises...what will you do?
"What will you do?" You see, this is the question that leads me on this journey. Its a journey that opens my eyes to the bubbles I create, to the bubbles I try to get into...but why? Why bubbles at all?
Last time we closed with the prayer that Jesus prayed to his Father. In this prayer, Jesus prays for himself, for his disciples and for all believers. Its in this prayer that I see the light shining through, we sometimes forget that Jesus is in us, that we have been given the Holy Spirit. We forget our task, we get comfortable...
Lets take a couple days to digest this and see where the Holy Spirit takes us next...
Although I feel that I see outside the bubble on a regular basis, there are those who would argue with that. We do see a vast array of people in our business dealings and I do pray for them. I do pray for those I love and those I don't even know. Living outside my bubble is something I'm not comfortable with but seeing and praying for those outside is something I hope to become better at.
ReplyDeleteOur prayer life grows with us as we grow in time and with God. The goal is for it to be all incompasing. Easier said then done for me. I would like to say that I am a prayer warrior and sometimes I am. Other times I become side tracked and before I know it, I am looking through secular eyes at my everyday dealings. But I am forgiven, even for being a lazy slacker. So how do I stay on the path of right and centered in my outlook toward every litte nuiance of my days? "I just keep on keeping on", Eyes wide open may be one of my new prayers.