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Unfriend App...


I get very random advertisements since I click all over the web and I found this one that made me chuckle.

It's the Unfriend App.


It tells you who on fb has unfriend you and who has deleted their account.  I admit I unfriend people.  A few years back I had gotten overwhelmed with the social networking and I was going to delete my account.  I prayed about it and thought the best solution was to delete half of my 500 so called friends and narrow down to who I really wanted to be friends with.  I think in a way, it backfired on me and I made the wrong decision.

I learned that it's not Christ like to unfriend anyone, ever.  Jesus never unfriend people and when we are called to live like him, we should not accept a friendship without consideration of what it means to be a friend, online or not.

So why is it socially acceptable to unfriend someone?  Why do we let people come in and out of our lives do carefree?  Have we become so numb to the idea of being 'friends' with someone?

Looking at our friendships and relationships, we should evaluate what kind of friend we are.  Do we remain faithful to people when they push our buttons, or disappoint us.  

I remember back years ago, 6th grade to be exact, when all of my friends (or so called) decided to unfriend me by stop talking to me and playing with me at recess.  I most likely was an annoying brat, and they wanted me to experience l the pain of being de-friending. Girls can be really cruel and I suffered the torment first hand, so I know it to be true.   I am not looking for sympathy for that event, but want to express how those wounds affected my life. 

We face trials and tribulations and experience relationships only to help sanctify us in Christ.  Being a person’s friend is a great gift that often times we squander and take for granted.  Friends are to encourage, speak the truth and be there to love you.  Our society has the values of a friend and manipulated it into thinking that if a person is cruel or boring or whatever we can simply just unfriend them.   I will make a better effort in being a better friend and I hope you would consider it too. 

I will depart with this from Proverbs 17:17a “A friend loves at all times...”

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