“…Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself…”
Mk 12:31
Do
we realize this command alone would conquer so much of the hurting, hopeless
and destructive nature in our society?
Data shows two thirds of Americans have smart-phones, 1.5 billion active
Facebook accounts, 316 million Twitter accounts; 230 million on Tumblr and Pinterest
has over 47 million users. We’ve become a narcissistic, selfie culture promoting
our own interest and desires in hopes of painting an image of happiness. In actuality
we are promoting a happier on-line life than we are truly living; like a 2-minute
movie trailer which ends up being the only good part of the movie, it leads to loneliness,
lower self-esteem and depression. We’ve
become self-promoters instead of God and neighbor lovers, blinding ourselves
with the flash of our own cameras. Greg Laurie states this “selfie” society
mindset is better summed up in a simpler word “SELF.” “Love
thy neighbor as THYSELF” is Christ call. If we had as much interest investing
in others happiness as we did our own, both would find real worth and value in
and through Christ. We need a selfless
society, not a selfie!
Love
people not things, use things not people.
HSAY…Todd
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