I grow weary of social media. Scrolling through my Facebook
feed in the morning to see people sad about the election results, disappointed
with the candidates and a lot of hatred. I see people share their close minded general
life opinions they don’t have the ability to listen to others or gain knowledge
from other people. I see parenting tips from close minded people who only have
their thoughts on the way kids need to be raised and anything else is wrong.
Sometimes the bad can overtake the good.
Even with this I am a fan of social media. Social media is
the only way I can connect with friends and family I don’t get to see that
often. I get to see the good news of people getting married, advancing in life,
awesome family pictures and the occasional throwback where I get to see what
life looks like at a younger age. There is so much hate and love on social
media. What if we focused on the good?
Philippians 1:9-10…
“And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and
more in knowledge and depth of insight, so that you may be able to discern what
is best and may be pure and blameless for the day of Christ.”
Life is full of disappointments, but it doesn’t have to be.
I was a stringer writing for the Lansing State Journal when one of our editors
had a great idea of covering a full day of sports on the first day of Fall
practice with a timeline and stories based on the timeline. I was assigned to
go cover the Holt Ram girls swim team as they opened practice and write about
what happens during that time of the day.
Holt at the time had won something amazing like 10
conference championships in a row (I don’t remember the exact number but it was
impressive). Rather then getting in the pool and to work, coach Brent Pohlonski
spent time addressing their attitudes. He explained how swimming is tough and sometimes
we have a bad day as we head to practice. He told the team no matter what, to
have fun and be happy. He said even if you have the worst day in the world,
fake being happy. Soon enough you won’t have to fake being happy and truly
enjoy being happy. This was amazing and you could see the team buy into this
philosophy and it led to a great experience for the team. It was nice to be
able to witness this communication between a coach, a winning team and most
important a happy team.
Why does Paul talk so much about love, because we miss the
point. What if we focused on love instead of hate and being judgmental? What if
we showed this love through life and social media? How would life be different?
We have a chance to lift people up or tear people down with what we say and how
we act. We are supposed to lift people up. How can life change if you chose to
be happy with your outlook on life rather then sad? We are called to be blameless for the day of Christ. Today, I am going to try
focusing on love.
Have a great day.
