Repost or else.... I get really annoyed by so much of what goes around the internet that is supposed to show whether I have a heart or not. Whether I care about cancer patients or not. Whether I love God or not. If I think it's wrong to bully others. If I care about abused women, children, cats, dogs, horses, etc. The list goes on and on.
Most of them end something like this...."I know there are only about 1% of you out there who care enough to repost this. I bet my friends are that 1%." Or " If you really love Jesus, you'll post this." The newest one just added; "And He saw you reading this."
GEEEEZZZZ! When are we gonna cut ourselves some slack? Do you realize that you just got bullied by someone who posted this? And that when you repost it, you're bullying your friends? How is it that some unknown somebody gets to have so much control over what you think about yourself? You feel like you're somehow wrong if you don't repost. So this gets perpetuated for the next century because we have no sense of who we are.
I love Jesus. He knows that. Most of my friends know this about me also. I don't need to repost this or that in fear that Jesus will be disappointed in me. I don't need to repost it in case my friends know I got it and didn't send it out. Or back. Or whatever else the internet monster wants me to do. I love and care about cancer patients, cats, dogs, horses, women, children, and even men. Whether I repost or not, it doesn't change anything in their lives. Or mine.
How about if we actually like the post, but it has that judgmental tie at the end? We can copy it in a better form to say what we really feel. And we leave off the guilt provoking, bullying sentence or two at the end of the post. That way, we really get to say something nice. And someone else can post it or not. It doesn't really matter, does it?
btw...be sure to repost this. but if you don't, nothing bad will happen to you. ;0}
Most of them end something like this...."I know there are only about 1% of you out there who care enough to repost this. I bet my friends are that 1%." Or " If you really love Jesus, you'll post this." The newest one just added; "And He saw you reading this."
GEEEEZZZZ! When are we gonna cut ourselves some slack? Do you realize that you just got bullied by someone who posted this? And that when you repost it, you're bullying your friends? How is it that some unknown somebody gets to have so much control over what you think about yourself? You feel like you're somehow wrong if you don't repost. So this gets perpetuated for the next century because we have no sense of who we are.
I love Jesus. He knows that. Most of my friends know this about me also. I don't need to repost this or that in fear that Jesus will be disappointed in me. I don't need to repost it in case my friends know I got it and didn't send it out. Or back. Or whatever else the internet monster wants me to do. I love and care about cancer patients, cats, dogs, horses, women, children, and even men. Whether I repost or not, it doesn't change anything in their lives. Or mine.
How about if we actually like the post, but it has that judgmental tie at the end? We can copy it in a better form to say what we really feel. And we leave off the guilt provoking, bullying sentence or two at the end of the post. That way, we really get to say something nice. And someone else can post it or not. It doesn't really matter, does it?
btw...be sure to repost this. but if you don't, nothing bad will happen to you. ;0}
