BCM/D Annual

I love social media, especially Twitter and Facebook. Since the day I signed on I’ve been able to re-connect with friends from forever ago and get to know people I wish I knew. I mean how cool is it to get random updates about what Weird Al Yankovic (@alyankovic) is doing or to know what Mark Hall (@markhallCC) of Casting Crowns is having for dinner? As a matter of fact, I got to meet the whole Casting Crowns band because of a conversation I had on Twitter.

The other day I decided to take a look and see if God had a Twitter account, and sure enough, He does, as a matter of fact, more than one. If
you do a person search for God, you actually find someone (@god) claiming to be God who tweets seemingly random things as if he were HIM. There is another account @WWGT, (What Would God Tweet) that goes about retelling Bible stories in 140 characters or less. While both are pretty humorous, neither is actually God, not that you needed me to tell you that. It does make me wonder, what would God tweet?

I think the reason social media has taken off the way it has is because we are all hungry for connections with other people and especially God. I have to admit that I went through a time where I felt far from God. It felt like there was a wall between God and me. We were disconnected. I didn’t feel like praying and didn’t feel like reading my bible or going to church. Maybe some of you can relate to feeling that way. Maybe you’re in that place right now.

For me, I’d allowed apathy toward spiritual things and some bitterness to take root in my heart and also some unforgiveness towards some people who hurt me. They were people I trusted which made it even harder. After a long dry spell in my life, I allowed God to come in to my bitter and broken heart. The first step for me was forgiveness. Forgiving those that hurt me, asking God’s forgiveness and finally forgiving myself. Then, it felt as if that wall between God and I was finally taken down and I was able to reconnect. I truly had a desire to change. God brought Philippians 2:13 to play in my life. It says, “For it is God who works in you to will and to act according to his good purpose.” After surrendering all my feelings to God I finally got the “want to” back in my life.

What I’ve found is that maintaining a constant connection with God leads me to true contentment, peace and joy in my life. I also realized that I needed to spend more time connecting with God than I was with the culture (including social media).

One way you can feel more connected to God is to figure out what helps you feel close to Him. For me, it’s praying out loud while I am driving in my car. I know it sounds crazy, but it does. For one of my friends, it singing worship songs, while he plays worship songs on his guitar. For
someone else it might be listening to a good sermon, spending time in nature, being silent, etc. We are all different, so connect with God the
way that works best for you.