Be Careful What You Smile About (standard:humor, 898 words)
Author: Godspenman	Added: Mar 20 2021	Views/Reads: 1266/830	Story vote: 0.00 (0 votes)
Every experience gives me a new opportunity to rejoice in the Lord. My joy certainly does not come from Facebook but from Christ.

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idea about. 

When I told my wife about my lockout on Facebook, she just started
chuckling. 

“What are you chuckling about?” 

“Well,” she said between chuckles, “you must've done something awful for
Facebook to lock you out.” 

Just to pause right here; I was not chuckling! 

Then she reminded me of all the friends of ours locked out of Facebook
and how much we laughed and chuckled. 

“Yeah,” I said mournfully, “but that had nothing to do with me. I'm
locked out!” 

She stared at me one of those stares of hers and just kept staring. I
was getting to be a little unnerved by her staring. Then she finally 
said, "Your world does not revolve around Facebook. Go get a life." 

At this time, I was not chuckling, but was beginning to do the opposite
of chuckling. I can't tell you what that is right now. 

The rest of the day, I was pondering my situation. I did not know how
much time I spent on Facebook and how I depended upon it for specific 
information. I was disturbed by the thought that my world was beginning 
to revolve around Facebook. What a terrible development. 

At this point, I am still locked out of Facebook. I'm not sure how long
I'll be locked out; it could be a month or more. I don't know how these 
things work. 

Although I thought it was a bad experience, I begin to realize that it
was a good experience. Sometimes the best part of life flows out of the 
worst experiences we have. God delights to reveal himself in the dark 
shadows of our human experience. 

I thought about a verse in the New Testament, “Rejoice in the Lord
always: and again I say, Rejoice. Let your moderation be known unto all 
men. The Lord is at hand.” (Philippians 4:4-5). 

Every experience gives me a new opportunity to rejoice in the Lord. My
joy certainly does not come from Facebook but from Christ.


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