What does that mean? Do you have any idea where I am going with this? Maybe it bothers you just a bit? I’m not sure where I’m going with this either! The title came to me the other day. we have so many new ways to connect today. Do they make us evaluate relationships in a different way? I finally gave in and opened a Facebook account a while back. I now have 33 friends, a third of whom are teenagers who I know through my girls or through church youth organizations.
I was impressed with myself the other day. I actually posted a picture and comment to my wall from my phone right during my youngest daughter’s choir concert! How cool is that! I know, I know, some of you are probably laughing as I continue to try to keep my head above water tech-wise.
In our new technology heavy culture, friendships are maintained or measured in different ways. Keeping up with friends used to be on the porch or across the back fence. Good friends were those you could count on to share joys and pain with, ones you could count on to lift you up. I see some of that on Facebook especially my younger friends. I see them spew out their stresses, their successes, their irritations and their friends respond online with empathy, with congratulations, with compassion.
Sometimes, however, Facebook “friends” are just people who have extended an invitation to us and we accept because we want the dubious privilege of having a high number of friends listed in our account. Do we have that same level of friendship with God? Yeah, God, I want to keep in touch. Post when You have anything important to share.
No, God wants more than that. He wants a close friendship that is one on one, face to face, heart to heart. Abraham had that kind of friendship. He was close enough to know the sound of God’s voice in the middle of the night even when the voice told him to kill his only son! James, the disciple, wrote:
and he was called God‘s friend. James 2:23 last part
God wants a close enough friendship with us that we spend time with Him regularly. Every day, all day, not just a quick Facebook notification when I log on at night. He wants us to be so close to Him that He starts to rub off on us. He wants to be so connected with us that we even start to look like Him!
Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. 1 John 4:8
God wants to hear from you today, not just before your head hits the pillow, but in an all day long logged in chat that keeps you communicating, both talking and listening, from morning till night. Log in now!
shared 5/15/10