Loneliness ... superficial relationships

I was listening to Beth Moore share in one of the videos sessions in her "Stepping Up" series. She said something which I really agreed with...this is what she said,

"We are overloaded with superficial relationships but starving of deep ones"

I think that's so true of us, people living in this modern age. Honestly, I think SMSes, emails, blogs, facebook etc. have made us so used to being overloaded with superficial relationships. Do we really connect with people over all these mediums? Do we connect DEEPLY? I am not saying that we absolutely can't, but I think there's just something all these mediums can't do for us... they just can't replace our need for face to face deep communication and connection. God made us for deep relationships... not superficial ones. I like something else she said...

"God created us with a connection requirement"

I feel sad to know that more and more people are getting more comfortable sharing deeply over msn, sms etc, than to share with someone face to face...Sometimes, I find myself clicking away on the computer, reading blogs, scanning through facebook because I hope to "connect" with people..but after all that clicking, I will still feel empty and somewhat lonely. That's because that kind of "connection" is more often than not superficial... If that's the connection we have all our lives, we will certainly feel lonely... Cos God made us for more than that.

Busyness is a huge problem in modern day living... and I fear that many of us have lost the ability and skill to do "deep relationships".

Are we overloaded with superficial relationships and starving of deep ones?

I am asking myself this, "How many people really know me and how many people do I really know?"

Are we allowing the devil to deceive us into believing that the "connection" we have with people is real? We mustn't fall into that trap and stop loving others deeply... (the devil uses "half-truths" to deceive us all the time)

I am not saying that we should stop using SMSes, msn, facebook, emails etc...but I think we must be aware of the dangers of losing what is "real" in the midst of all these...