Let me start this post out by saying that I am not passing any judgement here. I am a wretched sinner who has just had something on her mind. I am in no position to throw stones so I do not intend to pick one up and chunk it at you. As with everything I feel strongly about, God has already convicted and exhorted me in these very areas. As children of God we are called to be different. We are called to be a light in this dark world. We are to find joy in the moments of sadness. We are to find hope in the moments of hopelessness. We are to rejoice and be glad in it!
Lately, my heart has been so saddened by Christians’ posts on social media. In this blog I am not talking about cussing or posting inappropriate things, although that breaks my heart too… I am talking about the posts that are posted just to complain. As a daughter of God I am not to be a complainer, but a rejoicer. I am not asking anyone to be fake with their posts, but I am asking for us, as chosen children of God, to think about what we are posting before we post it.
It breaks my heart to see posts like, “My husband is getting on my nerves!” Agh. What???? Yes, there are times when my amazing husband gets on my nerves and I’m sure there a many times that I get on his. But, let’s think for a moment about the widow who just lost her husband of 60 years… or the woman who has been praying for years for God to bring her a husband with no sign of him… or the woman who has been left by a man that she dearly loves. Before we post things like, “My kids are driving me crazy!” Don’t we recognize that there are couples out there who have recently lost a child… a woman who struggles with infertility praying that God will allow her to have a child, still with empty arms… a father who just left the hospital where his child is fighting for his life. What about posts like, “I hate my job!” There are people who read our posts that are trying desperately to find a job with no luck… A family who can barely afford to put food on their table… A person who was never blessed enough to receive the education you did to have the job that you do. Oh, and the posts stating, “We had a horrible waiter at dinner tonight. We didn’t even leave him a tip!” Don’t we realize what we are portraying to the world? That because we were not happy with the service that we received at a place where most of the world can’t even afford to go, we are going to be bitter and mean. How do we know that the waiter did not have one of the hardest days of his life? Do we even stop to think that maybe if we would have shown him grace and patience, maybe he could have seen a glimpse if Christ in us? There are many more examples that I could continue to talk about.
As Christians it is our duty to have empathy for the world around us. We live in a dark, dark world that is searching… searching for something better. And we have the answer, yet we are too busy complaining about what we don’t have to see their needs. I think we tend to overlook the titanic effect that our words can have on people who know that we are Christians. If I was a non-believer and I read some of the things that my Christian friends write on Facebook, I would definitely not want what they had. If that is how Jesus makes you feel, then I don’t want anything to do with Him. You see, we claim a God that saves! We claim that we have a joy that surpasses all others. Yet, we are posting miserable posts on Facebook and we are wondering why God is not bringing people to the feet of Christ through us… why He is not blessing us with being able to see exciting changes for His kingdom.
My dear brothers and sisters in Christ, please think before you post. Is your post pleasing to God or to satan? Who will get the glory from what you type? As a child of God, I will choose to rejoice and be glad in it!
lightoftheworld 
You are so right Jessica. It also breaks my heart when people talk down about their husbands because God has taken two GREAT men from me before I was willing to let them go. Also women who complain about their children. You were right about thinking about the women who want children and can’t have them or the Mother who just lost a child. That bring hurt all over again. Then the job. Don’t hate your job but rejoice and be glad that you have a job and get paid to buy all of the things you want but really do not HAVE TO HAVE. I am so with you on all of the above. I hope your message will make people realize what they have and don’t complain about what they don’t have. God bless you and your family.
Louise LeBlanc
Member of PFBC
Completely agree. We must count our blessings, and be grateful and thankful for what we have because so many people don’t have what we have. And if you need to vent, do it in private to a friend you can trust, not post it publicly.