So I'm sure you have seen it, I mean, a lot of people are doing it -- posting Scriptures on Face Book. And, not only that, they are also "challenging" others to do it also. The thing is, most of the people doing this are women, posting cutesy flower, rainbows, etc. Now, to me, this was fine but then it happened -- I got challenged! There it was -- plain as day -- my sweet wife, challenging me to post a Scripture each day and challenge two others to also do it. I couldn't believe it. Now I was faced with a dilemma, not a dilemma about Scripture, I love the Scriptures and I am not ashamed of my relationship with God, but there was a problem here -- I'm a man. In 35 years of being a pastor I have learned a few things, for instance, men don't sing, men don't post Scriptures on FB. My thought was, "I don't want to be the only guy posting these Scriptures." so I ignored the request. This was kind of an awkward situation because my wife kept asking me when I was going to post my Scripture and I would suddenly get an acute hearing loss. Then, as I would look at FB and the posts that I was receiving and it kind of began to bother me. Now, because I am a pastor, a Southern Baptist pastor no less, and because I tend to lean, or pretty much align, with a conservative view point. Because of this I get a lot of "right-wing" type of postings. I'm not saying I don't read them and I do agree with some of what I read (you'd be an idiot to believe all of it) but I don't believe the answer to our problems depend on who we elect to office. We have already seen that little, if anything, has changed since a Republican majority was elected. The answer is Jesus. Plain and simple.Those who walk without Jesus walk in darkness. Their plans and agendas are made in darkness. They cannot see what is in front of them and are being led, not by the Light, but by the Prince of Darkness. It is foolish for us to think that those who walk and think in darkness can lead us into anything but more darkness. So, we need to have more Scripture posted on FB. We need to share His Word -- it is a LAMP unto our feet and a LIGHT unto our path! So I am posting my daily Scripture for 7 days and I will take whatever consternation men may heap on me.
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