That's What Friends Are For...

I have had an issue that has been burning in me for a couple months now and everywhere I turn I see more and more dryer lint to fuel this growing fire. (Dryer lint is the best for starting and fueling a fire...just ask the Girl Scouts).

My issue has been fueled by social networks where people's comments can be easily accessed in overwhelming saturation. I'm not saying social networking is bad, in fact, it saved me a trip to my 10 year class reunion. I felt no need to reunite with my old school mates because I already knew where they work, who they married, how many kids they have and what those kids look like.

I do have to say that the more that I frequent these social networks, the more disdain I find in my heart for people who I never thought I could feel that way towards. I find that people who I initially thought I liked and connected with are not people I want to spend time with after all. It's somewhat disheartening to come to this conclusion because you begin rethinking your own social architecture and slowly start drawing up new blueprints.

This new discovery has put me in somewhat of a predicament concerning personal decision making. I would like to elaborate but I feel this isn't the best medium in dealing with personal issues. I can only vaguely speak my mind in hopes to mitigate the nuclear fallout that usually follows such posts.

What I can say is I am beginning to understand more of what Christ was saying when He said, "Let your yes be yes and your no be no." As He shines light on this issue in my life, it's illuminating grimy places in my own personality that I didn't even know needed cleaning. So, in going further in this search for better understanding, I am breaking out my spiritual Windex and cleaning up some places in my heart. I guess I can only pray that God will do the same thing in the hearts of people I have "socially" gotten to know a little too well.