Well, you guys have gone and done it.  You’ve made the New York Times!  You and your texty-texty flying thumbs and all.

Don’t worry, I’m not going to rant on texting, but I do want you to read the NYT article, and then read this post by Al Mohler on how texting is adversely effecting teenagers.  Let me summarize a few ills here:

1. Do your thumbs hurt? If they don’t now, they may soon.  There is an increasing number of teenagers with muscular problems in their thumbs because of the amount of texting they do!
2. Are you having a difficult time sleeping because of texts that go bump in the night?  This is contributing to sleep depravation, which leads to worse grades because of lack of concentration. 
3. Not that concentration is only lost because of the lack of sleep – texting is a temptation at all times, even during class or church gatherings.  It is hard not to pick up that buzzing!  Who knows?  It may be really good news!
4. And, possibly the most worrisome for me, is that most of this goes on without the parental units knowing what is going on!  I know, you’re big boys and girls.  You don’t need your parents up in your business all the time!  But that is where you “might” be wrong.  Youth carries with it a certain amount of foolishness and, when given the opportunity, this foolishness may lead us to do irreversible things. Right now, you are setting your identity, both how others view you and how you view yourself.  You may be digging a hole with your thumbs that you can’t get yourself out of!  You need your parents to do their God-given jobs, those of shaping your character and protecting you from the (lack of) character of others!

So, can you imagine putting the phone down for a while? Maybe a text-fast?  Spending that time, instead, in meditation and memorization of the Word that is able to give life?  

If that sounds utterly ridiculous, could there be a deeper reason as to why that sounds ridiculous?  

What do you think?