Facebook - Good or Bad?

Facebook (FB), are you on it yet? If not, I am sure you have received a gazillion requests to be a friend to someone. I started my own FB page because my children convinced me that I would be able to see what they are doing all day. What mother doesn't want to know what their children are doing at all times?

It has been a month since I plastered myself on FB and I have 56 friends already. Who would have guessed that I even knew that many people. Honestly, half of our FB friends are people that you don't ordinarily talk to, they are just acquaintances. And it is nice to have an acquaintance ask you to be their friend, giving you the "key" to the door of their life.

So is it good that we are better able to communicate with people and learn more about them and their lives? Or will FB become the only avenue we use to reach out to our friends? Jesus says in John 15: 12-14 "This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one's life for his friends. You are My friends if you do whatever I command you." Do you believe that He meant for us to just drop a post online and you are obeying this commandment? Hmmmm.

I know the jury is still out for me. I have found that since I have been on FB, I am not calling people to check on them as much because I just have to go on and see what they have written. I have noticed that I can see where my time with God is decreasing and FB time increasing, so FB is becoming a stumbling block for me, which means that I need to step away from the computer more. But in the same breath, when I am on FB and able to see what is going on with my 56 friends. Not because I am nosey, but through their FB posts I am more aware of their joys and heartaches and can then contact them. Yes, there is a whole lot of goofing around on FB, but in my circle of friends, it is a fun kind of goofing.

So you tell me your thoughts about FB - good or bad and why. Am I keeping His commandment via FB, or am I just trying to convince myself something that isn't true? I know most of you posts on FB - but post here this time!

Blessings,
Becky

Angels in the Life of the Believer

"But angels are only servants. They are spirits sent from God to care for those who will receive salvation." Hebrews 1:14

Don't you just love that verse? There was a time when I thought of angels as only being little fairy like creatures with wings and wands, granting wishes or saving someone from disasters. But then I grew up : ) I have definitely aged, but more importantly, my relationship with God has really grown.

Back to the verse: BUT ANGELS ARE ONLY SERVANTS. SENT FROM GOD TO CARE FOR THOSE WHO WILL RECIEVE SALVATION. In the cracks and corners of my small little mind. it says to me that we all are angels, even though we are not physically sitting at the right hand of God getting our "to do" lists. But right here in our temporary home, we are and can be angels.

Remember that old program Touched By an Angel? I only watched it a couple of times because I didn't believe in angels at the time, and thought the whole idea of God making a regular person on earth an angel to do God's work was stupid. But there it is in the Bible. God does take regular people who believe in Him and everything about Him, and uses them to do His will.

We are smack dab in the middle of the holiday season. Christmas has passed, and New Years are right around the corner. I was thinking about this verse and the angels I have actually had come to me over the past few weeks. I was without a car, and an angel offered hers to me to buy. I was going out to lunch with a bunch of friends, and an angel slipped a gift into my knitting bag when I wasn't around. I was purchasing a gift for my son on Craigslist for Christmas, and when I went to pick it up and pay for it, the woman handed it over and said "Merry Christmas, I don't need any money for it, I hope your son enjoys it." and wouldn't take a dime. ANGELS!! They are all over the place!! They are friends, strangers, snowplowers, mailmen, check-out clerks, people in the pews, people on the street. They are believers who is open to Gods voice and will go everywhere God sends them. Angels.

So I want to here your angel stories. Has God placed angels in your path this Christmas season? It is nice to hear how God is using you to be an encouragement to others. GOD BLESS!!!!