Got sad yesterday. That unsettling sad. Still don't know why. Driving to the office minutes ago...thinking how many things have to go right just to hold it together, to be healthy enough to keep giving our lives away. How God must surround us. We're fragile beings. How we need places where we can be known, loved, and still enjoyed amidst our confusion, fear and fragility. I thank Him for you who are that for me. ~John Lynch, via Facebook
I just read this from my dear friend and hero, John Lynch. John is the teaching pastor at Open Door Fellowship in Phoenix, AZ. He is also a co-author of several books and a really funny, wise, kind and gracious person. John is an amazing friend to many, one of the greatest communicators out there, awesome husband to his wonderful wife, Stacey, and is a father like none I've ever witnessed. My favorite thing, though, about John, is that John is absolutely real. John doesn't try to be impressive and he never comes across as superior. John really loves Jesus. He really loves people. And I'm never left wondering if I encountered the real John Lynch...he is absolutely and unequivocally the real deal personified! His being a real person, learning to live out of who God says he is, gives me the permission and grace I often need to remember that I can be real, too, as I am on a journey of learning to live out of who God says I am.
John's post meant so much to me when I came across it today. The truth is that his post above, simply stated as a Facebook update, could be my own words right now (had I his talent for communicating!).
I wonder many times when I read Twitter 'tweets' and Facebook status updates and the like, "What's really going on?" I wonder sometimes as I put up a tweet or a status update how much I should share...
It's hard to find the balance when it comes to social networking and blogging, isn't it? It's always easier to say, "I was sad last week, but I overcame it through faith and prayer," than it is to admit, "I'm sad right now," don't you think?
I'm curious, how do you choose how much to share on line and how much to keep "off line?"
