Yesterday a friend posted an article on social media and envy. You can read it here. It talks about how we can make our lives seem so great to the outside world thru Instagram, Facebook, Blogs, Pinterest and other social media. I found it quite interesting and very true. I have dealt with hurt feelings from harmless posts and pictures. I too, have thought other peoples lives are so much better than mine when I see the pictures posted of their 8th trip of the year and it’s only June, i’ve been jealous.
My hope is that my blog is never taken that way, most of the time I write about things because I have dealt with a situation similar and only after I have failed at doing it right will I write about the better way to do things. They are never meant for condemnation, just a good laugh at what a mess I am.
The Bible has a lot to say about being who God created you to be. When you think about it, if you are always trying to be someone you really are not it is telling God, He was wrong when He created you, that He messed up so now you have to be something different for the world to like you. This type of living will create so much stress in your life because you are constantly going against who you really are and what God made you for. It is like running against the wind in a really bad wind storm. It’s hard, impossible to do and completely wipes you out. The real you is who God made you to be, you are perfect as you are.
Just posting the good times is not all that bad when you think about it. I mean honestly how many of us want to see pictures of our friends when they have just woken up? Or videos of us fighting with our spouse? Or, our kids bloody nose for the 3rd time this week? NOT ME!! Most for us want to see that our “friends” are doing good, watch their kids grow up and share in all the fun times with when we cannot be there in person.
I have been a victim of allowing social media to get me down, to be envious, think poorly of the mom I am, wish my husband would do the things her husband does, and all the other dumb things Satan loves to put in my head. Today, when those thoughts start to happen I will recognize who they are from and hammer them out of my head as fast as they popped up. Will you join me? Below are some verses on who you are and what God wants out of you. After all, He is your creator and the only one we should be looking to impress, right?
Every one of the verses below are awesome to read and reflect on. I would like to share with you real fast a Bible study method I use it is called SOAP
#1-Scripture- Write down the scripture in your journal
#2-Observation- Write down what your observe from the passage
#3- Application- Write down how you can apply this to your everyday life
#4- Pray- Pray that God shows you the “dirty” spots in your life where you need to “clean up” or where God wants to use this verse to help you in your life.
Start your morning off with SOAP, it will help you feel clean ALL day 🙂
Oh just to keep is REAL… This was my Facebook post last night after reading the article!
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