The new world is a blessing.

I have come to appreciate technology a lot more these days. I know why the Lord gave us heat and air conditioning. Why he gave us Video games, TV, Internet, Cellphones, IPods, and so on. We have to understand though, where we come from: there were no video games in pioneers time, no technology as today obviously but they went through a lot of suffering, they were directly attacked by Satan in horrible ways. Now, we are attacked more than before because of so much technology plus direct attacks. That is why is called "Latter days" and "the hard times/days" but blocking our life from technology is not going to help at all. If anything it would damage us because we were sent in these days so we could build a better future, we were sent prepared to live in this world, then... why would we want to live like the "old days"? The Lord sent us today not yesterday, that is why we can't live in the past, we have to move one and make the best of it with what has been given to us. By that, I mean technology. I am so grateful my parents let me played on weekends since I was very young, 6 or 7, until 3 or 4 in the morning. I had no good childhood after that due to my being in a gifted school but I was because I was too stimulated by so many things, so many changes in the world. I enjoyed it! and it made me smarter, through High School my GPA never went lower than 4.37! I loved reading books and I was not forced to read ever! I loved playing and all my toys were the most advanced that there were and I still had great imagination. I enjoy technology so much that I have a facebook, myspace, hi5, sonico, and who knows how many more profiles out there. Thanks to this I can talk to my family and friends even though I am far away. Thanks to TV I can have a date night with my hubby and play video games and watch movies without having to pay a nanny to take care of our kids. I love that Alexis has so many advanced toys because I know that he is preparing for the future, we are sent to this Earth on these days because we can handle it but not to run away from it, we have to fight back! Alexis was 10 months old when he grabbed my mom's cellphone and took a picture, it wasn't just a coincidence because I saw him looking at it and grabbed it and pressed the bottom pointed at my mom (but forgot to take his finger away from the lense) and snapped a picture! I know that kids come prepared already, then why limit them by trying to take away their knowledge and making them leave the past? I am completely against it. After praying, analyzing, and meditating about these things I have come to the conclusion that all things in moderation is good unless the Lord, or obviously prophets b/c it comes from the Lord, have commanded not to do something. The church says that too much is wrong but when used correctly it can help to spread the gospel and set a good example. The question is: Can we play video games without spreading the word? YES, the Lord want us to enjoy this life and I am glad that video games exist because once my kids are older and playing with their friends some video games... they will be at home and not at someone else house. Also, they are getting a cellphone when they turn 16 or maybe younger because there is GPS. It is kind of like, giving some freedom to control! They will be able to have cell phones and I will be able to know where they are and to call them! Don't you love technology? I do and I am grateful, I am grateful the Lord created ways for us parents to spend time with our own kids and to be able to have them close. I am not saying that I will let my kids play every day all day, they will play but for limited time, moderation at all times, and they will read, they will watch some TV with me close by! With kids, you have to be smart, too much restriction and one day, when they are older, they will do anything they didn't do when young. If your kids do something that you don't like behind your back, then you need to change the rules and compromise! I know that I don't have teenagers yet but I was one once, I have kids whom I love, and I have seen kids who do things behind their parent's backs just because the parents were not willing to compromise. I want to be friends with my kids and also, I have a passion for psychology and I read lots of books about it so my knowledge and the guidance from the Lord will help through. I am not perfect but I want to say one day that I really did the all I could for my kids. I am grateful for my parents and for these days, thanks to that we can have air conditioning when is too hot outside, making us able to listen to the spirit and have with us in our home instead of worrying about heat on top of trying to fight against the world! we have heat in winter which helps us to not worry about physical discomfort but focus on more important things. My motto since I was 7: "Learn the past so that you can understand the present and start to build the future". I love the world and all things created by the Lord for me to enjoy, I show my appreciation by enjoying it! so simple but yet so complicated... I know the new world, the Latter days, are a blessing if we know how to live in it!