What Paul Tweeted

I read this blog about Jesus's tweets during Holy Week.  I began thinking about what other Bible characters might post as their updates.  This is what Saul of Tarsus might write:

SaulofTarsus: Held coats while others stoned that blasphemer Stephen.  He was way off.  Said he saw God's throne.
SaulofTarsus: On way to Damascus.  Plan to pull those of that New Way out and stone 'em.

SaulofTarsus: WOW,  That's a bright light!  What? Whos said that?
SaulofTarsus: Ananias just left.  I was blind, but now I see!
SaulofTarsus:  Barnabas is a great guy!  Stood up for me again!
SaulofTarsus:  Folks are calling me Paul.  Barnabas and I on a mission to herald Jesus as the Messiah.  Taking his nephew John-Mark along.
SaulofTarsus: Changing profile to @ApostleOutofSeason.  BTW John-Mark got homesick.  What part of Self-denial did his miss?
ApostleOutofSeason: Ol' Barney makes me so mad!  I refuse to take J-M back out.  Taking Silas instead.
ApostleOutofSeason: Philippian Prison has great acoustics.  When Silas and I sang, we brought down the house!
ApostleOutofSeason: For me to live is Christ.  To die would be gain!
ApostleOutofSeason: Rejoice in the Lord - ALWAYS!  Again I say REJOICE! 8-)
ApostleOutofSeason: I think, I'll write Timothy once more.  I miss that boy!

Scott

Top Ten Realities of 2009

From the Home Office in Oakman, Alabama . . .

10. You accidentally enter your password on the microwave.

9. You haven't played solitaire with real cards in years.

8. You have a list of 15 phone numbers to reach your family of 3.

7. You e-mail the person who works at the desk next to you.

6. Your reason for not staying in touch with friends and family is that they don't have e-mail addresses.

5. You pull up in your own driveway and use your cell phone to see if anyone is home to help you carry in the groceries.

4. Every commercial on television has a web site at the bottom of the screen.

3. Leaving the house without your cell phone, which you didn't have the first 20 or 30 (or 60) years of your life, is now a cause for panic and you turn around to go and get it.

2. You get up in the morning and go on line before getting your coffee (tea, juice, milk).

And the number on reality of 2009 . . .

1. You have more friends on twitter and Facebook than you do in your office.

That last one hurts, and admittedly, I considered number 5 on a few occasions. I find it interesting how technology affects humanity. Things that come about to be conveniences soon become necessities or even worse begin to control us.

Today our ability to communicate via text-messaging, Twitter, FB, IM's, and the like may connect us to more people, but are they disconnecting us from the society around us? How are you interacting with real people? You and I may have a good influence for God and Truth in the cyber-world and neglect to have an impact where we are! We cannot allow the prince of this world to keep us from turning people toward Christ, by keeping us busy in a cyber-only society. We must stay connected with the people in our neighborhood. Take time today to have a positive impact on someone you come across.

Have a great day!
Scott

Weekend Reading

Here a few Blogs and Articles I found interesting this week. You might want to read them over the weekend. Enjoy and keep reading.

• Trey Morgan writes about Griping and Complaining. His mom and mine must have learned from the same book.

• John Brown (seriously) reminds us to Taking it Seriously. Many of us may use humor too frequently, but maturity teaches us that there is a time to laugh and a time to be serious.

• Tucker invites all to a View from the Casino. He is not saying what you think he is.

• Chris Brady ponders about Twitter Worship . The title alone was enough to grab my attention.

What good things have you read this week?

Tuesday's To Tweet or Flutter

I saw this on Monday and thought all of you Twits like me would like this idea.

It reminded me of how we as people always want the next best thing. Is that what John had in mind when he tells us not to love the world nor the things in the world, since all that is in the world is the lust of the eyes, flesh, and pride of life? MMMMMMM?!