Wednesday, November 28, 2018

The doom and gloom offensiveness of social media

A month or so ago, I was listening to a sermon and the pastor regaled, over and over again, how our society was in such dire turmoil--there was a certain candidate to the highest court in the United States who was being put through the ringer, just to give you an idea as to what I'm talking about.

Although, as I looked among the pews, I saw no such doom and gloom.  At work, at home, at the store, no sign of any doom and gloom.

Now, I know what you're going to say.  "But you were in church.  Obviously everyone is going to get along there."

Although that may be true, if you jumped on any social media platform or 24/7 news media outlet, you saw it.  Doom and gloom.  A constant stream of people being offensive and cruel.  Yet day in, day out, I have witnessed people being good and kind to each other.

If you read any portion of the Holy Bible, you will see your fair share of doom and gloom, people doing bad things.  Yet God, our Heavenly Father, was there to show people the way to Him.  Even when he sent his Son Jesus to earth, there was much turmoil--especially His final hours when he was nailed to the Cross.  And there were no social media or news media outlets as we do nowadays.

Take a break from the constant offensiveness spewing from social media and the news outlets, and pick up the Bible.  You'll be amazed at what you read.

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