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The Old Days

Do you remember the old days? “Which old days?” you ask. The old days when a “cell phone” was what a wealthy, white-collar prisoner might have. The days when a telephone had a cord and an actual dial. The days when if you missed a number when your finger slipped, you had to start all over (God forbid it was a long distance number).

Do you remember the old days of cell phones? Do you remember when the coolest thing on earth came in a bag and had a 6 inch antenna? And oh, it had a cord, too. Those days were not that long ago.

I remember the first cell phone I ever used and where I used it. It was in a Ford Racing team truck. It was attached to the floor of the truck and had a spin dial. It cost 25 cents a minute.

My first cell phone, back in the “old days,” was a bag phone. I could barely afford the minutes, so I didn’t use it much. On the other hand, I would drive down the road at night with the receiver up to my left ear. The buttons on the handset were on the outside, so the green glow could be seen by passing motorists. They only thought I was talking. I was way cool.

The greatest thing about a cell phone back then was the fact that one didn’t have to stop and use a pay phone. No one even dreamed about surfing the internet or emails. Most people had never even heard of something called GPS. For crying out loud, we weren’t too far removed from the “science fiction” flip phone communicator from Star Trek!

The New Days

Forget Star Trek. Captain Kirk would have been speechless if he had possessed a true Android. Spock would have become emotional if handed an iPhone4. Now, even the most technologically advanced iPhone 4 (my phone) is being relegated to the “has-been” stack of old technology. But geez, how much technology do we really need?

Today the iPhone 5 will be revealed. As of this writing, I have no idea what it will be like. Do I care? Well, maybe a little…but I shouldn’t. What more do I need in a phone?

Technology in Action

Right now, without a hesitation, I can use my little communicator to take HD pictures, check email, shoot quality video and post it to the web, play incredible games, surf multiple pages on the internet, and believe it or not, make a PHONE CALL! What more do I need?! REALLY?

We are progressing way too fast, people. Way too fast. Maybe we should really be thinking of the truth of Daniel 12:4 – “But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, [even] to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.” The end may be nearer than we want to admit.

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