The past couple days, I've been realizing how crazy technology is. With only my iPod, no internet connection, I have access to 7 different Bible translations (ESV--which I have two of--NIV, NASB, KJV, NKJV, HCSB, and the Message--the last one for kicks). I also have a Mirriam-Webster Dictionary, and translators from English to 6 different languages--Spanish, German, French, Italian, Russian, and Czech (though those last two use the Cyrillic alphabet, so I can't read them unless I study that). Then there's about a day of music, and an audio version of the NIV--which is almost 3 days of audio by itself. Then there's the useless games, a level, a decibel meter--which peaks out around 90--a clock, and all the apps that need the internet. All this in a device that's smaller than a wallet. Yet tech-savvy people in this country look at my iPod and say that its storage capacity is small. It's "only" the 8GB version, the smallest that is currently sold by Apple, with 32GB and 64GB versions available.
This was thrown into sharp relief when I read Gabe's blog this morning. He shared a video of a tribe that was absolutely ecstatic to get the New Testament translated into their language for the first time. We have easy access to the Bible, any time we want it, and can even choose (and argue) between which version we want to read on any particular day, but we just shrug it off as normal. Why can't we have the same enthusiasm for God's Word?
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