So I’m sitting in my living room and I’m supposed to be getting homework done for my classes, but I felt led to writing something. Lately our society has been putting so much out there that I feel is leading this generation down a dark path. Depression and anxiety is high, and I think it is leading amazing people with incredible potential down a dark road.
A couple weeks ago, we lost a great pastor from depression. The day before he passed away he did a funeral for someone who killed themselves. He wrote about how sad it was because now their family is left with that on their shoulders, they are left with this grieving period. The next day he killed himself. LISTEN, I don't know if you are a Christian or not, if you have this in your head as well about not being good enough and not being able to take what you're dealing with, there is help!
We all need to be there for each other, we need to be lifting one another up. We shouldn’t be on social media to bully people and tell them they aren't good enough. We are here to love on one another, and lead those who are lost to God. Social media has made it so easy for everyone to stray from God, but on the opposite end, it also helps bring people to God. We need to see how we are using our platform, is it to gain more followers? Or is it to show people the love of God? We really need to see what we are doing on our free time. Look, I am just as guilty from time to time, checking my stats and seeing where I am, and how I can gain more followers. But we really need to be elevating God’s name, and not our own. We must see where there is a need, and go there, fill that need, and preach to the lost! This is something that I just have had on my mind, YOU are needed. I promise you are Loved, valued and needed! There truly is only one of you, and the world can’t afford to lose your shine, we need YOU! Don’t try to go and be someone you’re not. We already have that one person you are wishing you were, that you see on instagram.
Also this leads me to another point, on instagram, no one is perfect. That family you see that is “perfect”, they aren't. They are only showing you the positive feed, they aren't showing you the nitty gritty that life throws. Who wants to see the bad, and the ugly? No one. That is why, that model you see who is looking so perfect all the time, she doesn’t always look that way. She has blemishes and imperfections... because she is imperfect. That guy you idolize everyday??? Yeah he's not so perfect, he has this glamorous life but who is to say he likes it? He has money, but that doesn't fill the God shaped whole in his heart. He isn't perfect, he has his bad days, we all do. So please don't go being sad thinking your life sucks and is boring, no one has a perfect life. We are all just living this life trying to figure out what works for each of us. And we are here to elevate God’s name, Gods name in lights not our own.
Now this was kind of everywhere, but I guess the bottom line is, we are not perfect. Social media makes it so easy for people to look perfect. We aren't, but we serve a Perfect God, and that is what counts! A perfect God who loves us despite our flaws and imperfections, and wants us to know He loves us so much more than we can fathom.
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