Every day on Facebook I see that someone's relationship status is changing from "single" to "in a relationship" and within a months time it goes back to "single". The first week of that relationship, you see statuses about how lucky they are and how much they love that person. The second week they have made them their profile picture and are posting on their significant others page about how much they miss them and can't wait to spend the weekend together. However during the third week, the relationship the relationship has slowed down, the profile picture is of themselves, no more posts about their boyfriend/girlfriend, etc. The next week, you see the dreaded "____ went from being "in a relationship" to "single" or "it's complicated".
That's the same type of relationship that some of us have with God. When we first come to Christ, we want to tell everyone! We want to show everyone our Bible, talk about how great He is and go to church every time there is an event going on. People see that we have changed for the best. After a few months, we start missing random Sundays to go out of town or to a friends birthday party, etc. We stop talking about what God is doing for us and begin to fall back into our old ways. Other things begin to take priority over God. It's only a matter of time before we only go to church on Christmas, Easter, Father's Day and Mother's Day.
The fact of the matter is that people tend to get into a Facebook relationship with God. When you're in that type of relationship, things tend to get away from you. It may feel like God isn't there for you or He's not providing for you but the truth is that you put Him in the trunk of your car while you were drinking and driving playing Lil' Wayne at 3 AM Sunday morning and didn't get out of bed for church. Do you honestly think God wants to do great things for you while your slapping Him in the face? The golden rule says "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.": did you give him praise in advance so that you may possibly receive that promotion at work? Or did you EXPECT that promotion and were going to give praise afterwards? We have to put God first in every single thing we do and not get caught up in the unimportant things in life. Money is going to come and go but our salvation is here for a lifetime.
Sometimes we even tend to put our relationship with our boyfriend/girlfriend over our relationship with God. We then wonder why it's so hard to get over that person because we put everything we had into that relationship. We spent so much time trying to please that person that we forgot what was pleasing to God. Like money, boyfriends and girlfriends are also going to come and go so we have to remember not to get caught up in them. A person needs to establish a strong relationship with God before they can establish a relationship with someone else. After that relationship is established with Him, He'll provide you with the right person. Don't rush to be in a relationship, find yourself first.
Be blessed.
Saturday, June 16, 2012
Wednesday, June 6, 2012
Best Friends Forever
Remember that friend you had back in elementary that was supposed to be your best friend forever?? I bet you and that person are no longer best friends for most of you that are reading this. Maybe they passed away, moved away, betrayed you, took your dog or just changed as a person and you grew apart. Some people change best friends more than they change their clothes some would say.
You'll always have those friends that you'll call or text at least once a week for the rest of your life but what about the rest of the 762 contacts in your cell phone? Exactly, you make "friends" throughout your life but hardly speak to them. Think about Facebook..I have 1,545 Facebook "Friends" and of those, a maximum of 50 may like your status (unless you do a To Be Honest). On a regular basis, you may get 5-10 likes. You may only be actual friends with 100 of those FB friends and you'll only see a portion of their statuses and pictures on the news feed. So what is an actual friend?
According to thefreedictionary.com, a friend is a person whom one knows, likes and trusts or a person with whom one is allied in a struggle. Do you like all of the contacts in your phone? Facebook friends? The answer to that is probably no. You'd probably call those acquaintances. The reality is that our actual friends list is a really short one. I personally have a handful of people that I can talk to about anything and trust them to not judge, people I could call if I needed a ride, money, etc. True friends are few and far between as the saying goes.
With all of this being said, there is one person that will NEVER leave your side and that's my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. No matter what is going on in your life you can always talk to Him. He's not going to judge you or make fun of you, He's only going to listen. He has the ability to supply your every need. He's going to bless you abundantly as long as you let him. But sometimes it seems we'd rather update a Facebook status than get on our knees and pray. In order to be blessed, we have to establish a friendship with Him. The power of prayer is extremely underrated, give it a try. There's only one person that died for me and I think I owe it to Him to give Him a call every now and then.
"Be careful who you call your friends...Would you rather have 4 quarters or 100 pennies?"
God Bless
This post is dedicated to Sulphur Springs graduating class of 2007, Justin Gammill, Tyhler Reppond and Tanner Higgins R.I.P and the best friends I've acquired over the last 22 years.
You'll always have those friends that you'll call or text at least once a week for the rest of your life but what about the rest of the 762 contacts in your cell phone? Exactly, you make "friends" throughout your life but hardly speak to them. Think about Facebook..I have 1,545 Facebook "Friends" and of those, a maximum of 50 may like your status (unless you do a To Be Honest). On a regular basis, you may get 5-10 likes. You may only be actual friends with 100 of those FB friends and you'll only see a portion of their statuses and pictures on the news feed. So what is an actual friend?
According to thefreedictionary.com, a friend is a person whom one knows, likes and trusts or a person with whom one is allied in a struggle. Do you like all of the contacts in your phone? Facebook friends? The answer to that is probably no. You'd probably call those acquaintances. The reality is that our actual friends list is a really short one. I personally have a handful of people that I can talk to about anything and trust them to not judge, people I could call if I needed a ride, money, etc. True friends are few and far between as the saying goes.
With all of this being said, there is one person that will NEVER leave your side and that's my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. No matter what is going on in your life you can always talk to Him. He's not going to judge you or make fun of you, He's only going to listen. He has the ability to supply your every need. He's going to bless you abundantly as long as you let him. But sometimes it seems we'd rather update a Facebook status than get on our knees and pray. In order to be blessed, we have to establish a friendship with Him. The power of prayer is extremely underrated, give it a try. There's only one person that died for me and I think I owe it to Him to give Him a call every now and then.
"Be careful who you call your friends...Would you rather have 4 quarters or 100 pennies?"
God Bless
This post is dedicated to Sulphur Springs graduating class of 2007, Justin Gammill, Tyhler Reppond and Tanner Higgins R.I.P and the best friends I've acquired over the last 22 years.
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