Last summer I received a strong impression, like a
revelation, where the peoples of the earth were separated into two groups, one
with technology and the other without. It seems to me that machines are
becoming the masters of humans instead of humans being served by machinery.
Humanity is being crippled, being animalized, and though God does not need many
generations to change the face of the earth, (he can do it instantly), in my
vision this took place in a span of various generations. Studying the various groups of people that
are staying away from technology, it seems to also be two categories, those
that do it out of tradition, indigenous cultures and alike, and those that
consciously choose to stay away from technology even though it is readily available.
The first one will eventually succumb to the environment, and if it chances to
be an environment with technology it will change their traditional ways to that
of modern ways, in one generation. We have seen it happen many times. The other
group who consciously chooses to set themselves apart, do so out of convictions
stemming from God, and will also see changes, as technology creeps in
forcefully, the groups will experience division and purification. Some will not
be able to stand the pressure of the world, and will start to compromise (
using computers for business only, watching TV programs that are acceptable,
etc..) we all know where that compromise ends up, next generation does not have
the limit and starts following the crowd. Now this seems to be rather extreme,
yet it is the vision that was given, and though from the outside it may seem
crazy, it was also looking rather crazy when I found my husband, yet it was
God’s will. I had been in relationships,
every two years, with men that I always thought I would be married to. Finally
my friend told me, do not keep on thinking that this is the one you will marry,
you are always wrong! After my marriage I did change my romantic ideals from
one level to another, and now I was looking for a church, one that would be the
real church, the one that I would be married to. Every time we would find a
church we would “fall in love” with it and think it was the ONE. Well, now I am
ready, like my friend told me, to let go of that search too in the spiritual,
and to let God decide which is the church I should commit to, the one which
through thick and thin I will stand and never let go till death do us part. I
was given a vision, now I want to
respond willing and accordingly.
The story goes that one time, tourists in Pensylvania asked
their Amish guide, so, what is the difference between us English and you Amish?
The Amish guide said,: Who is here thinking that TV is not good for children?
All raised their hands. Who is here taking the TV out of their lives? Nobody raised
their hand. This is the difference between them.
I have seen this also in many other circles, besides those tourists,
educated people, godly people, waldorf people, conscientious people, Christian
people, we all want to do what is right, but who has the strength? You need God
for that AND society, you need a group of people that supports that vision, if
you just have yourselves, sooner or later the wolf will come in. This last
Christmas we went visiting relatives in Spain, my children were praised upon
arrival, how good they behave, how thoughtful, how nice to be around with all
day long, they are really different from the ones raised in this country, what
do you do different? After two weeks of being there my children started to
behave like the regulars, all their niceties were dwindling and at the end of
our stay you could not have differentiated one from another! There is a lot of
things going on in the culture one is living in, you need a society to uphold
standards. You can see this clearly in language, my children never acquired my
strong Spanish accent while learning English, though I was the main caregiver!
The culture gives the language, and does also give many other things. Let me
not be blind thinking we can be doing it alone just with God, God can surely
bring strayed ones to his fold, but we also need to fellowship with one another
regularly, and a society that upholds God’s will, though division may come in,
though purifications may be sent, let me ask for God’s will, for God’s
leadership in these matters, for God to show His bride to us.
We are doing songbooks this time, one it is full of Amish songs we have learned with our neighbors and we sing them at night together, the other is a compilation of our favorite songs and some new ones that go through the calendar of the year. For this season we are choosing O Sacred Head Surrounded, and The Heartbeat of God.