May 08 2009
Text Messages
Last night while I attended a meeting at the local library, I received a text message on my cell phone. It took me a few minutes, embarrassing as my cell phone beeped, to find it.
As I sat there, just shortly after I received the text message, a mother of a 13 year old boy started to speak about how difficult it had become with her son to encourage him to spell words correctly when text messages on cell phones through Verizon, Sprint, Tmobile, and other companies have encouraged kids to abbrevate words like:
are = r
you = u
to = 2
My first thought was, why does a thirteen year old boy need a cell phone? Of course, that is the business between parents and teenagers that I have not yet gotten there and will not approach for 7 more years.
Text messaging on cell phones have become a popular why to say hello to a friend, check in with mom and dad, send a picture of yourself or others to those who couldn’t be there, and so much more as time and techonology advance.
When is the last time you sent a text message that had meaning?
I think if God were to send us a text message right now it would be something like this: I V U - figure that one out. Many of us already have and some of us are still decifering His message.
Today, send a text message to someone important in your life and pass on what they mean to you. You can simply text: I V U, meaning I Love yoU. Pass this message on to all those around you, and let them know they’re important in someone elses life.
Who will you send your message to? What sentence did you use?
