For years now I have been a Digital Editor. Digital editing is a passion I've had for a very long time. Being in radio now for 19 years, I have grown to really love it. My job as a Digital Editor is to remove everything (out of a recording) that's out of context or that's not stated right such as tripping over words and the 'uhh' everyone seems to have. I also remove little 'side statements' like "water please" and "can someone turn the air on." Over the years I have edited thousands of recordings. I have to listen very very closely to what is being said. Sometimes a 30 minute recording can be reduced to 25 minutes or shorter. Like trimming the fat off a good steak, so to speak. 
I was thinking about God and if He was editing all that He heard. What would be remove and what would be keep. He listens very closely to what's being said. I wonder how much would actually be left once He was finished? Once He removed all the endless rhetoric that goes on in His name and all the 'out of context' stuff. What would be left? Maybe this is why 'prayer' doesn't seem to work sometimes. Maybe this is why at times nothing seems to work..after all, we've been told to say all the right 'christian' phrases...right? We've been praying for 'revival' for years now....we've been praying 3 hours a day...we've been on a dozen 40 day fasts....we preach 12 times a week....we cast out devils in your name....Surely God see's how spiritual we are...???
Should we pray? Fast? Speak and all these things? Maybe so...But in many cases these are 'spiritual tread-mills' that get's us no where...at all. Rhetoric! Rhetoric! Rhetoric! How much of this is God actually saving on His hard drive and how much is He removing from off the screne?
Thinking Again....James
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