I do not have a Facebook account. Everyone tells me that I should get one but I really don’t want one. If I need to find someone on Facebook, I ask someone who has an account and they get it for me. I am not sure that I understand all of those social networking sites anyway. A few years ago someone invited me to get Linkedin, so I did. Sorry, but that was the biggest waste I have ever seen. There was nothing there for me. I am a member of Classmates.com and Twitter because they have something I want. In the Classmates site, I want to see how old my classmates have gotten while I have stayed exactly the same! I keep updating pictures in there so the girls who refused to date me in high school can see what a beautiful wife and family I have. Maybe they will think of the chance they had to go to the movies with me when they look over at that pot-bellied goober napping on the couch!

Twitter is a site I like because it is clean, concise and gives an inside look at what people want to share. I think I told you that my Twitter name is, “FriedPeachPie”! I have some friends who are Twitter bullies, they send out twenty Tweets in two hours, pushing everyone else off the page. I un-follow them pretty quickly. Some of the folks I follow are Karl Rove, Sean Hannity, Larry Reesor, Jillian Michaels (Sorry!), a pastor friend from high school and a few others. Occasionally someone will embarrass themselves on Twitter. I had a friend that told something about himself that just plain embarrassed me. In fact, he did it more than once so I un-followed him. Forgive the bluntness, but sometimes people are just plain stupid.

Since we have spoken the word, let me tell you something else that is stupid. It is stupid to see the pictures some people put on their Facebook pages. Why in this world would you incriminate your personal life and possible testimony by sharing pictures that are not appropriate or by “friending” people who have no standards whatsoever in what they are willing to post. When I was young in the ministry there was a principle being espoused (mostly by Bob Jones University) called, “secondary separation,” meaning we should not associate with those who are not appropriately associated. I never really bought into that but did understand what they were saying. Some of that discretion would be appropriate for your Facebook account. Remember this, potential employers check your Facebook account. People in your church look at it. Your mom and dad may be looking or your children! The best thing to do is remember this powerful passage from the Word of God. I Thessalonians 5:21 Prove all things; hold fast that which is good. 22 Abstain from all appearance of evil.