Connected
Get Connected. How many friends do you
have on Facebook? Your LinkedIn connections total? And, your Twitter followers amount to how many? There's
something to be said for being socially connected to friends colleagues and
peers. Social media makes this a whole lot easier. In his 2000 book entitled Bowling Alone, Robert Putnam makes the argument
that we have become increasingly disconnected from family, friends,
neighbors, and each other - the very fabric of our connections has actually
plummeted. He writes this despite the fact that our electronic social media connections
can total in the hundreds of hundreds. Very interesting. I believe good,
trusting, genuine relationships don't happen by accident or by clicking the
"accept” or "like" button. They take time, work and have to be
cultivated. Ralph Waldo
Emerson
said: "The only way to have a friend
is to be one.” King Solomon penned this in Proverbs: “A man of many companions may
come to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.” (Proverbs 18:24 ESV)
Solomon is telling us that God is the
only real friend that can be counted on. Earthly friends may be steadfast; they
may with you in the good times and in the not so good. But only God will be
there when family is not. So cultivate friends, but get to know God…Pastor
Keith #minmchurch #churchpearland