The Primacy of Love

In the last 50 years, countless libraries overflowing with books beyond number have been condensed to the virtual world making the availability of information accessible passed the dreams of even the most-obsessed information hoarder.  In truth, the technological advancements of the internet and the microchip have forever changed how humans research, how we rank and file information, and, ultimately, how we relate to one another in the digital world.

However, as we traverse the new mine fields of the ever-changing virtual world the distance from human to human becomes one that is left cold and pixelated.  To remedy the increased relational remoteness that has come from the reliance on the digital interface that displaces and distorts our ability to relate to one another, we should be ever-more vigilant in love.

The only effective measure to combat the ocean-wide, inch-deep world of the social-networking, email-laden, time-consuming digital world is love.  Love.  For fear of sounding contrite or cliche, love is the answer.  Love is the means with which we need to engage one another through the computer screens so that we do not forget who we are and what Christ has done for us.

In the end, God and His love must be the center of every relationship no matter the form that the relationship takes, be it in person or online.  This is our call.  Let us then adhere and commit to the primacy of love.