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Texting While Driving
Posted on March 9th, 2010 No comments
Confession time!Do you text while driving?
It seems whenever new technology comes out, it creates new problems when it is joined with driving. Maybe you don’t text and drive, but do you email and drive?
Before “texting” there was talking on the phone while driving. That combination alone may have caused many accidents on the road. Before cell phones it was messing with your radio while driving that created problems for motorists.
Either way you look at it, anything that distracts us from the task at hand while driving can create a dangerous situation. Life is full of distractions. In a similar way I think anything that distracts us from loving God and loving others can create dangerous situations in life.
Jesus gave us a summary of the two must important focus in life.
“Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?” Jesus replied: ” ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ (Matthew 22:36-39, NIV)
If we love God and love others, we may reconsider daily distractions. Any maybe “texting” and emails should be saved for red lights!
In His Grip,
Bobby
About FM Blog
Hello, my name is Rev. Bobby Cook and I am the Associate Pastor for Family Ministry. Family Ministry at Redland Baptist Church is a holistic and intergenerational approach to ministry. Leading the church to come alongside of parents to encourage, equip, and empower them to be the primary disciplers at home to reach this and future generations through the ministries of children, youth, and recreation.
This blog is one tool we use to pursue our purpose in Family Ministry for families to live out Deuteronomy 6:4-7. “Attention, Israel! God, our God! God the one and only! Love God, your God, with your whole heart: love him with all that’s in you, love him with all you’ve got! Write these commandments that I’ve given you today on your hearts. Get them inside of you and then get them inside your children. Talk about them wherever you are, sitting at home or walking in the street; talk about them from the time you get up in the morning to when you fall into bed at night.”