Remote
Control
The family circle is the supreme conductor of
Christianity. Henry Drummond
The same Jesus Who turned water into wine can
transform your home, your life, your family, and your future. He is still in
the miracle-working business, and His business is the business of
transformation. Adrian Rogers
Did you know that there is now an oven that
you can program from your cell phone?
The tag line for it is “Redefining the Culinary Experience”. I’m thinking it is more like “Removing
Yourself from the Culinary Experience.”
It states that it is just a matter of time before the kitchen will once
again become the central core of family life.
When I read this statement my first thought was you would have to have
family show up for it to be the core of family life.
Did you also know that this is what the American
consumer and a modern family wants? I
mean it said it in the advertisement so it must be true. Some of the benefits advertised are that you
can remotely start the oven from wherever you are; you can preheat the oven
from the office; turn on the casserole from the soccer field and my favorite is
that it will eventually be tied into the factory where diagnostic checks can be
done remotely. I’m thinking the guy from
the factory should just cook for me and then I won’t even need to think about
cooking. That’s what I call efficiency.
The article goes on to say that this is to
make the culinary experience accessible to anyone and to empower the
individual. It also says that the novice
chef will perform at expert levels with the simple swipe of a finger.
All of you know that I am technologically
challenged. I am seeing a lot of burned
meals in my future using this thing. I
mean what happens if you hit a 5 instead of a 4 and don’t realize it. Maybe there is a smoke detector in this thing
that will automatically shut the oven off and call the fire department. I can just see myself standing at the soccer
field texting and someone asks who are you texting and you say “my oven”. I really don’t get the whole empowering thing
and I also can’t see me performing at expert cooking levels just because I can
do it remotely from my phone.
Families eating dinner together has kind of
gone by the wayside. There are sports
activities to attend, ballet lessons, gymnastics and any number of things that
keep us from sitting down to meals together.
Even TV has intruded on mealtimes with most families. I know because my husband and I do it all the
time. Instead of catching up on how our
day went, we sit down and turn on the TV.
Dinnertime is no longer a time to get the family together. As far as empowerment goes, God’s power is
the only kind I need and my oven can’t compare to His power even if I could
start it remotely.
Here is the part I don’t understand. The more technologically advanced we become
the less time we have for each other. I
don’t think that is what God had in mind when he created us. We already have children who only communicate
through text. I am afraid the more
advanced in technology we become the more families will fill the extra time
they gain with unimportant stuff that draws us further away from what God
intended us to be.
Prayer for the Day:
Heavenly Father, I am guilty of being distracted by technology. Instead of sharing our day with each other we
sit down to dinner and turn on the TV. I
know this is not how You intended a family unit to work. Help me to slow down and enjoy the time I
have with family. I don’t need an oven connected
to my iPhone to empower me. All I need is Your power and that is
enough.
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