Is your security in your phone?

This weekend we took our High School girls on a Retreat and we talked about securities. What makes us feel secure? People, objects, etc. During the first lesson as we were talking about these things, cellphones were a security we all had. So, the plan was to take their phones. Just for the weekend, to bring security in other ways. Security in Jesus Christ.

We enjoyed a really fun evening with those who were around us, and I don't think the girls noticed much that their phones were gone. The next day we woke up, had worship and another lesson, and then we were off to paint pottery. This is when the girls got their phones back...was maybe 24 hours.

As they got their phones back the lady instructing our ceramic time was giving instructions, and 3 of the 4 girls I was sitting next too were in a whole other world on their phones.

I think it's crazy that this video has so much truth. Though our cell phones are useful tools, they are also the biggest distraction and biggest security object we have.

If we get bored, we pull out our phones. If we are left out of a conversation, we pull out our phone. If we simply don't want to be in a conversation, if we don't care much for the people around us, if we want to know what others who we aren't with are doing, if we simply just need to fill time or take a picture, even more so. if subconsciously we need to feel secure...we pull out our phones.
How long could we make it, if we didn't have our phones?