twitter

So, it's official.  I caved. I have a twitter. before yesterday afternoon, I’d never had a twitter account. I was proud of that statement as a 21-year-old lady. My friends are obsessed with this social phenomenon.  I often got tagged @juliannepoe in people’s tweets without even having one in sole pursuit that maybe I will jump on the band wagon.  I have a hard enough time getting engulfed in people’s status updates on facebook.  Now on twitter, I will be so concerned with everyone else’s daily opinions on nonsense, the site would be renamed to “LegalizedStalking.com”.  I now have my twitter hooked up to my iPhone. Two words: BIG MISTAKE.  I have already found myself looking at twitter in between classes when I used to look at scripture.  The terms twitter has coined as their definition of “friends” on facebook is so oddly honest.  You have followers and the following.  This is what our culture has become.  We follow each other.  We follow each other’s advice.  And above all, we want followers. 

We have become a culture that turns to each other for earthly views instead of following the divine advice that the Lord’s word gives us.  We’re more concerned with everyone’s opinion on our life and their own, that we miss listening and seeing God’s perfect plan.  I was reading Luke 14:25-30, and it made me think of this whole twitter thing again.  Sometimes the cost to build a foundation in Him means we have to give up following or pursuing or even caring about other’s opinions.  If Jesus had a twitter, would you be willing to have only His insight on your home screen?