Bragging On Jesus

Proverbs 18:24 A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother. Most often we human beings favor friendship over enemy-ship whenever possible. We are creatures who want to be liked. We typically feel better about ourselves when many people like a post we put on social media… And if we happen to have a lot of followers on twitter or friends on facebook and instagram then that gives us a sense of clout and makes us look and feel important and loved. And in the real world where thumbs up and thumbs down are actually messy relationships where we see one another flaws close up... we still long to be loved. I think social media platforms have cultivated this defensive way of communicating… a false sense of cheap friendship and accountability and a need to have an abundance of so called friends. Our brokenness drives us to make everything we type about us… Whether wanting sympathy for ourselves for our hardships or making ourselves look good with doctored photo’s