Pastor's Corner: Top 5 Toys of All Time

I ran into this article on the top toys of all time recently, and perhaps because I have been writing and thinking about children and parents, it seemed appropriate. Go ahead and read it; I'll still be here when you get back...

It was almost a relief to read something like this, subtly acknowledging our tendency to gravitate toward the new and grandiose. I can be a great offender when it comes to this. I like things that are new and cool. I like keeping up with technology, and I appreciate the joy of discovery and exploration. Recently I finally got a new phone, with the fancy camera and the apps and such, and for those first few days, that phone took up a lot of my time. I had to get all my settings just so. And there were a lot of things I couldn't do on my old phone simply because it was old. It was exciting. Now, of course, it's just my phone. My normal, everyday, nothing-wrong-with-it phone.

But when it comes to God, I don't think God always feels new and exciting. God can feel like the old comfortable blanket that's easy to go back to. I also think that's a misperception. We often tuck God in the "old" box, because he's always been there.

The reality is, of course, that God is the same yesterday, today and forever, but that doesn't mean he's out of style. God knows the challenges of today. He knows what we are going through right now. In a day and age where we can be so easily distracted by the flashy and the new, God is our rock. There's a reason the psalm says "Be Still, and know that I am God." We need to refocus away from the distractions and back to our first love.