Phones - Highways - Internet

Who hasn't done it when they were a kid, you call a random phone number. You tell the person who picks up the phone that your from the electric company. You then ask them, "is your refrigerator running?", they say "yes"; then I'd say, "I Know, it just ran past my window" (then hang up)then there's a big "ha ha ha".

Do you remember when the Internet was once called The Information Super Highway? The reason for the name has to do with the fast, available info you can get. But maybe there is another reason it could be called that: If you are prone to be a people watcher; if human nature fascinates you, it's likely you will have noticed, like the phone, the Internet and roadways allow you to be somewhat anonymous. Like the safety of our own homes, we are more free to act in a way which reflects what's actually happening in our hearts.

There is not a one of us, that doesn't want to appear as if we are Together, well behaved, smart, righteous, and a great guy (or girl). Likewise, I think there something in us that also wants to be upfront with who we are. We get tired of pretension, tired of being someone we are not, so when the opportunity comes up, we let loose. Sometimes we express ourselves like a adolescent with crank calls; sometimes it gets ugly like road rage.

Once, I was driving along, minding my own business and an old lady pulled out in front of me, I had to step on my brakes (oh, terrible); anger quickly rushed into my brain, I stepped on the accelerator and started tailgating her. Just as suddenly, while being a total jerk, a voice in my head said, 'your not such a perfect driver yourself, you've pulled out in front of others too'. Then the voice said, ' I don't want you to do this anymore'. Well, I felt thoroughly ashamed, and changed my ways, and never have done it again. I know, your probably thinking, 'I wish God would talk to him a little more". Well your right, I'm trying to be less of a jerk everyday.

One thing helps me in this constant pursuit of moral change is, like the song says, 'God is watching us'. We're never 'really alone'. There is nothing we do that is truly anonymous. A good rule to use, if you wouldn't want your children, wife, pastor, mother, boss, to see what your doing, what your saying, or how your acting, you probably should find another way of being real. Peter Sr.