Social media has created a new culture of LIKEs, COMMENTS and FOLLOWERS, that is having a marked effect on self-esteem and personal behavior. Teens have been so affected by the opinions of others, that when they are overwhelmingly negative, suicide has resulted. Others have come to value their worth on the number of LIKEs and COMMENTS they obtain from their posts.
Jesus did not have to contend with this, but pointed out that the true praise that comes from God is all that counts. (Jn 5:41) When this generation of "NONES" (no religious affiliation) has nothing but the praise of others to rely on, they find themselves in a precarious, even dangerous situation. All the more reason to deepen our "affiliation" with God so that we might help them and lead them to him.
Bro. Rene
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