less inlet, more outlet

Soooo, I'll be honest.  Today I feel a little more official than the day before.  I GOT A MAC! Yes, I realize it's pathetic to be this excited, but all you other people out there with Macs understand my excitement.  

A new outlet...

ooooor is it more of an "inlet"...

But this morning, as I drove to meet my parents for a farewell breakfast at the Pancake Pantry (for the second time in 4 days) I began to think about these "outlets"...are they really outlets? I mean I understand the importance of computers and phones and facebook, etc etc...Don't get me wrong, I LOVE all of them, but I would be lying to you if I said that they weren't a distraction and an area of hindrance in my life, sometimes.  More often than not, I feel like I use these distractions for my own benefit instead of the benefit of others.  That's disheartening.  

I'm so grateful to have a new computer for so many reasons, but maybe all I'm saying is that I hope it's not as much for personal benefit as it is for the good news of Christ being made known to the nations.  That's a big statement. :-) But why dream small, right? 

Challenge for myself: may these tools and resources be less inlet and more outlet for the good of the Kingdom...