Get Serious...
Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
Matthew 3:2
Matthew 3:2
Maybe I should not let it bother me, but it does, so I blog. Today at work, I was addressed by my boss about a particular status that was posted on my FACEBOOK profile earlier this week. Here's the background info....
Monday morning, I came back to the office after conducting surveys for 3 hours. Every Monday after a home football game, it is the duty of the first person that has office hours to clean out the 6 ice chests (spray with clorox and wipe down with rag). It's a simple job. Very simple. So, much to my frustration, when I returned from doing surveys, the other office assistant had not (again) cleaned them out, she was, however, sitting at the desk watching the Sunday night episode of Desperate Housewives that she had missed the night before due to illness. Needless to say, I got a bit hacked off, cleaned out the ice chests myself, and did some other office tasks. Then, when my work was complete, I got on FB and posted a status that read
Monday morning, I came back to the office after conducting surveys for 3 hours. Every Monday after a home football game, it is the duty of the first person that has office hours to clean out the 6 ice chests (spray with clorox and wipe down with rag). It's a simple job. Very simple. So, much to my frustration, when I returned from doing surveys, the other office assistant had not (again) cleaned them out, she was, however, sitting at the desk watching the Sunday night episode of Desperate Housewives that she had missed the night before due to illness. Needless to say, I got a bit hacked off, cleaned out the ice chests myself, and did some other office tasks. Then, when my work was complete, I got on FB and posted a status that read
"dear office workers of the world,
catching up on the latest episode of desperate housewives DOSE NOT constitute actual office work (especially when there are lots of things you could be doing or helping your co-workers with). thanks.
all my love, SAH"
catching up on the latest episode of desperate housewives DOSE NOT constitute actual office work (especially when there are lots of things you could be doing or helping your co-workers with). thanks.
all my love, SAH"
Well, apparently EVERYONE in the office caught wind of the status update, even those that don't have a FB account. (How did that happen you ask? Oh, well someone printed it out and gave copies to the bosses.) So today is Wednesday and I was approached by the office manager regarding the matter. Frustrating to say the LEAST!!
But frustrating for other reasons than just the obvious. It really bothers me that people take FB so literal and serious. It's a problem! I mean, there are far bigger issues in the world that need to be taken far more seriously than the status update of a disgruntled college office assistant. To name a few, MARRIAGE, PARENTHOOD, and last, but certainly not least, SALVATION!!!!!
If more people in the world would focus on the gospel of Jesus Christ and take that even half as serious as they take FB status updates, then we would see the completion of the promise of Matthew 24:14, "...and then the end will come," possibly in this lifetime. Facebook has become a horrible deterrent to the eternal work of the LORD. I speak for myself, no one else, when I say that I waste more time on pointless, unimportant, crap everyday and I spend far less time than I should be on things that hold eternal standings, like prayer and evangelism. Jesus knew what He was talking about when He proclaimed "the kingdom is at hand." And if we want to see an end to this world (please LORD) in our lifetimes, we have lots of work to do. And that salvation work, my brothers and sisters, FAR outweighs any of the gossip and applications you will find on Facebook. Let's get those priorities in check. God is good....
Ps...check out this beautiful rendition of Jesus Messiah by Chris Tomlin, sung by teenage MS siblings who call themselves Daves Highway. Guaranteed to bless your heart...enjoy.
Jesus Messiah by Daves Highway
But frustrating for other reasons than just the obvious. It really bothers me that people take FB so literal and serious. It's a problem! I mean, there are far bigger issues in the world that need to be taken far more seriously than the status update of a disgruntled college office assistant. To name a few, MARRIAGE, PARENTHOOD, and last, but certainly not least, SALVATION!!!!!
If more people in the world would focus on the gospel of Jesus Christ and take that even half as serious as they take FB status updates, then we would see the completion of the promise of Matthew 24:14, "...and then the end will come," possibly in this lifetime. Facebook has become a horrible deterrent to the eternal work of the LORD. I speak for myself, no one else, when I say that I waste more time on pointless, unimportant, crap everyday and I spend far less time than I should be on things that hold eternal standings, like prayer and evangelism. Jesus knew what He was talking about when He proclaimed "the kingdom is at hand." And if we want to see an end to this world (please LORD) in our lifetimes, we have lots of work to do. And that salvation work, my brothers and sisters, FAR outweighs any of the gossip and applications you will find on Facebook. Let's get those priorities in check. God is good....
Ps...check out this beautiful rendition of Jesus Messiah by Chris Tomlin, sung by teenage MS siblings who call themselves Daves Highway. Guaranteed to bless your heart...enjoy.
Jesus Messiah by Daves Highway
