I have a love/hate relationship with technology. At times I love all that button pressing and flashing lights stuff but at other times I hate it (especially when it won’t do what I want it to). So it’s always a relief to get out into a wilderness and leave it all behind. But, I don’t leave it all behind. I usually have my mobile phone (important for emergencies) and when I am not familiar with an area I usually use a SatNav/GPS thingy, does a compass qualify as technology? Then again instead of button pressing I have catch releasing as I open my state of the art backpack and put on my technical wet weather gear.
But surely it isn’t actually the technology that is the problem. My phone is just a collection of various metals, minerals and plastics put together to perform a function; it is the function I am wanting to escape from. It isn’t the technology itself that is a distraction it is the way it is used, if I turn off my phone it is as though I didn’t have it with me. The problem with modern life is that somehow we have become so enamoured with our technology that we sometimes find it really hard just to turn it off.
So I’m not going to get hungup on what I carry with me but instead focus on not letting it distract me. Instead I’m going to remember to enjoy what God has made rather than letting what people have made be my focus.