There may be a way God is unexpectedly urging us to put down our phones. The good Lord has created a beautiful world; often, the best way to experience it is without using technology. Simply look at it and take in its beauty with our own eyes. Watch the short but powerful and thought-provoking video to hear how the Lord might be encouraging us to let go of and put the phones down.

Technology is wonderful. It has advanced and made our lives better in various ways. Technological advances in medicine have helped to prolong our lives and fight and cure diseases. Other technological breakthroughs have made remote work possible, communication instantaneous and life infinitely more comfortable and enjoyable.

However, like most things in life, there are downsides to these technological advances. Easily, the biggest negative has been our ever-increasing reliance on technology. Seemingly, we can’t do anything without our cell phones tightly held in our hands. We must record and photograph every minute of every second of every day.

However, in a clip posted on YouTube, one young woman mentioned how God might be encouraging us to put our cell phones down. Natasha Bure, Candace Cameron Bure’s daughter, mentioned what happens every time she tries to capture a sunset with her phone during an appearance on her mother's podcast.

“One thing that I think is so funny, every single time, I don’t know if either of you guys have had experience with this, every single time there’s a beautiful sunset, I want to grab my phone to take a photo,” she said. “And it never turns out even remotely close to how it actually looks in real life.  And I always feel like that’s, that’s God’s way of telling me, ‘Just put down the phone and enjoy My creation.”

Later in the clip, she mentions that when she encounters that situation, she is reminded, “This is not for my phone right now. This is just for me to enjoy.”

Colossians 1:16 “For by him all things were made, in heaven and on earth, things seen and things unseen, authorities, lords, ruler and powers; all things were made by him and for him;”