Facebook can be an amazing tool for us to use to communicate with people. Keeping in touch with friends and family all across the country prayer all across the world. But goodness, it can be a terrible place as well. People typing behind the protection of the screen. Saying things that they wouldn\u2019t say face-to-face. I call them keyboard warriors. Sometimes I wonder if they\u2019re really believe what they type. Or if they just got caught up in the moment. There is heat. There is divide. It\u2019s crazy. All of the back-and-forth that people type\u2026justifies everything we\u2019re talking about. People type it, so it must be fine. People read it, so it must be fine. And then somebody that is unstable reacts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I have been guilty of typing things that I shouldn\u2019t have. And I have really tried the last couple of years to not do that. Often times, I will poke fun at Barbara and myself. And she knows it. She pokes back. As I said, it\u2019s all in fun for us. But I do remember commenting on something that I wasn\u2019t fully aware of what actually happened. Basically, it was a photo of a father and his daughter at a bike race. One of the cyclists lost control and the father was holding his daughter up. And I made the joke about him using her as a shield. Although I\u2019m certain he wasn\u2019t. And I meant for it to be funny. My sister-in-law informed me that the video of the incident was terrible. And that hit home with me. I\u2019m so glad she brought it to my attention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The point we\u2019re making here is that we never know what someone\u2019s going through. We never know what it is that they are facing. We don\u2019t know their struggles. We don\u2019t know their successes. Unless\u2026we know. God knows. But we might not. I doubt any of us know what was going through the mind of that 20 year old on that day he tried to assassinate President Trump. What would drive him to do such a thing? We have no idea. And instead of taking sides, I\u2019d like to see us try to come together and lift up those that are personally impacted in situation\u2019s like that. Let\u2019s try to put aside our political differences. Especially when it comes to putting out memes that are so completely inappropriate. I know that I can be better about lifting people up. I can be better about praying for people. And I promise that I will. Today let\u2019s all do that. Let\u2019s work to be better at lifting others up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Facebook can be an amazing tool for us to use to communicate with people. Keeping in touch with friends and family all across the country prayer all across the world. But goodness, it can be a terrible place as well. People typing behind the protection of the screen. Saying things that they wouldn\u2019t say face-to-face. … <\/p>\n