I came home from Church Happy, I love the Spiritual Empowerment I get from attending on Sundays and worshiping Jesus Christ with my fellow saints.
But today in particular I was happy Because the Sun was SHINING and I loved wearing my new Shoes. I found them yesterday when looking for school shoes for my daughter and I couldn't pass up this screaming Low price and Adorable style. Feeling Cute and Sunshine just put an extra Pep in my Step for sure today.
After being home for a while and enjoying a turkey dinner with my Family I hopped on Facebook to see how my friends Sundays were going for them, and check on a post that I had made earlier asking Who attends Church of my friends and what time they attend, I LOVE learning little facts about my friends.
I simply LOVE social media because I can be Friends with People from virtually all over the world in One Place,
*We can find commonalities in one another,
*Create friendships,
*Learn from their experiences,
*Laugh together over silly things and
*Cry together over heartaches we both mutually understand
*We can share Testimony of Christ together
*We can scroll past a Post that simply Speaks to us, NO Wait Screams at us to STOP and Digest it :)
*There are gorgeous photos of Smiling, Sad, Lonely, Laughing, Hurting HUMANS that create a memory or piece of lives looking at us via social media.
YET there is So much Evil, Hatred, Hurt, Anger, Aggression, Lying, Photo-shopped pics (meant to Deceive) Mean Words that Tear these Friendships and Experiences down, causing Sorrow and Tears.
HOW can Something so GOOD be so EVIL at the Same Time? HOW can it be worth my TIME, EFFORT, and LIFE?????
Just today while I scrolled through posts from my various friends I saw 3 of them SAY "I am Leaving Facebook, I simply Can't stand the Negative Any Longer." and With each one I stopped and commented that I will be sad to see them go, or that I appreciate their comments and posts. BECAUSE I DO! I am not Lying (I don't gain anything monetary from them staying) but I feel like I lose a Friend from them Going. You see they all live far away from me, and keeping in touch will be more than likely not to happen if it's not through social media (sad but true).
So I have been thinking on this since I saw these posts and it's been burning at me that I needed to Say Something.
"WHY?"
Why does it matter that I have a say in whether you Stay or Go from social media. After a nap and a few hours to think on this I finally had the Spirit testify to me WHY, Why it Matters to NOT just me but Millions of Others.
Social Media can be used for so much GOOD (like I mentioned above) and with so much turmoil, evil, and sorrow in the news, in the media and all around us WE need to be a LIGHT to those who can't find that Light form other sources.
WE have a unique opportunity to share positive Uplifting, Messages, Share our Voice for Righteousness, post Pics of our Beautiful Children or heck our Beautiful Selves. We can MAKE a Change in our Social Circles and help to make this world a better place to live.
IS it easy? NO, No it's not.
But is it Worth it? YES, Yes it is.
Even if you simply bless 1 persons life YOU are being a helping hand for Christ, & using social media for the Good of Humans is one more Tool that we can and Should use to be Christ like in our Every day lives.
You can avoid the negative posts, simple scroll past them, block certain types of posts, or the friends who post them often but who you still care for and want to be able to contact when you want to. WHO knows maybe those people are searching for POSITIVE in their live and your posts will give them a way to make changes in their life that will help them to be Happy.
So my Hope this year is that I will quit losing friends from social media and this will be the last time I see
"Why I am Leaving Facebook and Not coming Back" Type of posts.
I love you My Friends or I wouldn't have you in my Life, Happy Sabbath :)


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