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Did you know that there are more than 3.5 BILLION pieces of content (web links, news stories, blog posts etc.) shared on facebook every single day? And that there are now more than 800 million active facebook users? That means that every day, LOTS of people see LOTS of posts. We live in a generation where people post statuses about everything. People tweet or update when they're eating, when they're sleeping, when they're having trouble sleeping, when they're angry, when they're sad, when they're bored. You get the idea, and more than likely, you have seen all of these types of posts. Every time we snap a photo it is judged to see if it is our next "profile picture". When we want to talk to someone, we private message them, or just send them a text.

Because facebook and twitter are so widely used, if someone wants to know who we really are, they just visit our profile page. So, what does your profile page say about you? Does it tell the world that when you are angry with someone you post it all over facebook? Does it tell others that you hate your parents, or that you hate you life, or that you are always bored? Or does it tell people that you are respectful of your friends, that you love others, that you enjoy church, or does it share a bible verse you found particularly encouraging? Facebook can be used as a tool, or it can completely destroy your testimony. It is hard to invite your friends to church and make a lasting impact when people see another side of your personality in your tweets.

Romans 12:1-2 says:
So here's what I want you to do, God helping you: Take your everyday, ordinary life—your sleeping, eating, going-to-work, and walking-around life—and place it before God as an offering. Embracing what God does for you is the best thing you can do for him. Don't become so well-adjusted to your culture that you fit into it without even thinking. Instead, fix your attention on God. You'll be changed from the inside out. Readily recognize what he wants from you, and quickly respond to it. Unlike the culture around you, always dragging you down to its level of immaturity, God brings the best out of you, develops well-formed maturity in you.

We are meant to be different, we are meant to stand out and glorify Jesus Christ in everything we do, everything we say, and yes... everything we facebook post.