FAMILY
MATTERS: Do You “Like” Me?
by Amy
Gentry
Confession: -I have Pinterest, Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter accounts.
-I text more than I talk these days.
-Sometimes I send texts just to see what the reply will be.
-I did not go to my High Schools 20th reunion because I felt I knew all I needed to about the people I went to school with through social media.
Needless to say- I am a huge social media fan, but
how will social media eventually affect our children? I read the posts of my children and I see
random, silly post that almost shout “look at me.” Are they seeking self-affirmation from a list
of “friends?” They check and recheck the
posts to see how many have now liked or commented on their updated status.
Where does this all come from? Are there moments in the day when they need a
pat on the back and I am not giving them one?
How does this need for cyber-affirmation effect my
children and what will the content of their character look like in 5
years?
Does the fragile self-worth of my children all
come down to how many people “like” them in cyberspace? What about the one who does like them in the heavenlyspace???
“Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord
Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual
blessing in Christ. For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to
be holy and blameless in his sight. In love he predestined us to be adopted as
his sons through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will to the
praise of his glorious grace, which he has freely given us in the One he loves.
In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in
accordance with the riches of God's grace that he lavished on us with all
wisdom and understanding.” (Ephesians 1:3-8)
My children
have been chosen by God and adopted as His children.
Maybe we should take
a lesson from Stewart Smalley
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