Carpe Diem Domino: What are you sharing

Thanks Twitter.

Thanks Facebook.

Before you two came along, I was blissfully ignorant of all the mundane happenings in the lives of my friends and acquaintances. But now, thanks to you, I am continually updated on what they are having for dinner, what movies they are seeing, concerts they are attending and the fact that they often sleep in on Saturdays. Fascinating stuff.

Because of Twitter and Facebook, we have become a culture that I believe shares too much. I don't want to know about arguments between a husband and a wife (and neither does anybody on your friends list by the way). Some information is best to not publicize and yes, posting something on Facebook is publicizing it.

I am not guiltless in this topic as I am aware that there are plenty of things I am sure I have posted that did not need to be posted in the first place. But I got to thinking about how much we share and what exactly it is that we are sharing.

And then it happened. I logged onto Facebook the other night and saw the latest status updates. But something struck me that night, one status update was this:

"Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men." Psalm 107:8

Then not even 5 minutes later, a different friend, who lives across the country updated their status to this:

"Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men." Psalm 107:15

Notice these are actually 2 different verses found in the same great chapter.

It caused me to think though. With all this "sharing" that our culture and society is doing these days, we Christians ought to be sharing this - sharing His Word and sharing our praises to Him.

The verses above are from Psalm 107, which actually has many great verses, including this one:

"Let the redeemed of the Lord say so. whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy." Psalm 107:2

We are to share, but Christian, we need to make sure we are sharing the right information. Now I know we all have our "not-so-good" days but before you update your status with a complaint about how little sleep you got or how lonely you are, take a moment and reflect on not just what He has given you, but focus and ponder who He is.

He is a friend.
He is a comforter.
He is a Father.
He sticks closer than a brother.
He will never leave you.
He always has time for you.

If you have been redeemed by Him and you know Him as your Savior, your Friend, then Christian, come on! Come join me and let us praise Him! Let us use every opportunity we have to praise Him! Praise Him for his wonderful works, for His goodness and most of all just for who He is!