This weekend I headed to my "home and native land" - Canada! No mommying for a whole 36 hours, precious time with my mother-in-law, 3 grandmas and my sister as well as an AMAZING one-day simulcast conference with BETH MOORE :)
Well worth the $20... plus gas (and Timbits)
Proverbs 31:26
"She opens her mouth with wisdom and on her tongue is the law of kindness."
Beth's entire conference was on these bolded words! And how relevant it was......
We live in a mean world! Kindness sets us apart from this world. People are not expecting it. They are attracted to it.
Also relevant because we women - OPEN OUR MOUTHS!
I am the first to admit it - I'm a chatterbox. That was pretty much the only thing I ever got in trouble for in school......Coreen....talking again.....there's always something to say.....
And now we live in a world of fast communication - open to the public.....
Did you know you are a publisher? If you tweet.....if you Facebook.....if you blog.....you are a publisher!
The problem is that publishers have EDITORS!
Beth says we need to:
Eat it before we Tweet it!
Good-Look it before we Face-Book it!
Flog it before we Blog it!
This really convicted me......with one click of a button, I am sending a message as to what type of person I am. I am revealing thoughts and perspectives and people are coming to conclusions about what I believe and what I value by what I write.
Am I being kind? Am I being negative? Is what I write edifying anybody else? Am I tearing somebody down? Am I complaining?
Whew! Tough questions! While I do think that we should be honest about our lives and not sugar coat tough situations, we need to ask ourselves if sharing our negative thoughts is okay with all 600 Facebook friends! Did they ALL really need to know that I am angry with my husband for not taking out the trash today?
I know that I have written things that I wish I could take back......I am sure you have too.....my social networking has been very valuable in my life......but I want to honor God with my words - not just spoken but also written.
So much easier said than done.....
Philippians 4:8
Whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable, if anything is excellent or praiseworthy - think about such things."
Then....."write about such things."
love this.... you are soooo right in that social networking is SUPER influential to those who read our blogs and profiles. Thanks for the challenge and for sharing!
ReplyDeleteThanks for writing this one! I know I try to "edit" my thoughts when on facebook - but I've not really purposefully done it. And you should be proud of what your blogs say about you! I'm always encouraged and amazed by them! (Well, almost always!) :)
ReplyDeleteThanks Coreen for sharing what you are learning. We are all on a journey and God points out different things to each of us at different times in that journey. We are not all at the same stage and need to be full of grace toward one another. Sounds like Beth Moore had some very relevant thoughts.
ReplyDeleteSo glad you could go to the conference!!!! Thanks for sharing.
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