Friday, October 16, 2009

Facebook = angry

I have to admit, being on facebook these days has really started to make me upset.

Witnessing my owns friends and their personal demise in their belief, moral values and character has started to grind my teeth.
Social networking has given me insight to something I never would have known or discover on my own.

All of them grew up the same way I did, and yet have chosen a radically different path, and for what?

Et Tu ______?

This line has become my new defining sentence for each of them.
(For those of you that do not know where or what this line means, it's from Shakespeare's play, Caesar. It's when he was stabbed in the back, by his best friend. Caesar turns to him, and says in Latin, "Et tu Brutus?" Meaning, "You too Brutus?" For he never thought his friend would betray him.)

Social networking has become a beautiful, artistic form of expression.
A way to define yourself, go against the grain, and become that one self-titled tribute that makes you a star every time you post a well written note, neatly framed photograph, or the latest video on your favorite cause.

This my friends, is perfect witnessing ground.

Have you ever read another one of your friends publishes, and felt moved or emotionally stirred at all?
One would say that Holy-Spirit inspired word is able to sway the hearts of many, even those who have turned purposefully against Him.

My heart aches, because I remember the scariest verse in the Bible to me, as I say these words.
"Many will say to me on that day, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and in your name drive out demons and perform many miracles? And He will say to them, 'Be away from me, for I never knew you." -Matthew 7:22-23
This verse has such impact on me, because how many Christians out there believe that they have received eternal life because they believe there is a god. Well even the devil believes in God!
Even the ones who understand the power in His name, and healed the sick, etc, did not know Him.

This is not a 'woe-to-you' message, this is not a condemning sermon. This is a 'the-creator-waits-at-the-foot-of-your-bed-every-morning-for-you-to-wake-up-because-He-is-madly-inlove-with-you', message about love, and how we are in charge of representing it. The type of love that He gets butterflies in his stomach whenever you talk to Him.

I claim back those that have been lost, and I call those in who are seeking the truth.

God is in a good mood, but He's left us in charge of spinning this place around.
(Remember He's in charge, but He's put us in control)

So from here on out, I will love, and love, and love.
And through that will God speak.

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