In reference to my first post from today...

I don't know what God has in store sometimes... but something interesting happened a couple hours ago.


So I was hanging out with a friend of mine last night, and while we were at my apartment, he checked his Facebook page. "Remember when Myspace was the biggest thing? Watch Facebook do a Myspace the minute I sign up for a Facebook account!!" I said. I proceeded to spew all kinds of sarcastic comments about Facebook his way, as I always do. He contentedly carried on with his business, as if I'm the brainwashed one.


I posted earlier today that I continued to stand against the tide of the Facebook revolution in 2009, but since it is becoming so predominant as a connector of old friends, I wrote that I'd probably give in some time in 2010... reluctantly.

As I reflected on 2009, I realized that I was blessed to have great openness about my spiritual identity and direction with so many people, both Christian and not. Looking way back, I was so blessed (and many others), at the end of college, to give my testimony before 400 students, many of them knew me before I became a Christian. And there I was, living proof of who I was, and who I am now that Jesus is in the picture. And I realized that there are so many people from my past that have not witnessed the transformation that God has done in me.

How could I reveal that to everyone? Oh, no, not Face-- don't let me say it out loud! Honestly, I didn't even really utter it as a prayer, but today I tacitly declared in my mind that God was going to have to make it clear in an unexpected way that I should spend any time with Facebook.

Then, I go to church. Pastor James preaches, great stuff as always. He starts to talk about supernatural joy, and how his mother is suffering from a terminal disease and in bad shape, but has convicting, amazing joy. And then he told the whole congregation to check out his 89-year-old mother on Facebook, and "she's REALLY into Facebook now!" He said to "friend" her, she'd get a kick out of it.

(THUD!)

That was the sound of my massive ego slamming onto the floor.

Is God really in this?

Uhhhhh, I might be caving sooner than I thought. Just give me a bit of time to gather up the pieces of my shattered pride.