My Facebook Community

Well I did it! I created a facebook account in August! I thought I might be too old to hang out on "facebook" but I was pleasantly surprised to find many other older (haha) people hanging out on facebook too!

So why do I go to facebook nearly every day for a sum total of 5 minutes? To see what everyone is up to! Within a small time frame, I find out how old friends from high school are doing, how my very far away friends from college are doing and how my friends who - sometimes I will see in less than an hour are doing!

In one click of the button I can see a list of status updates that range from comments like "I'm doing my laundry" to one that broke my heart yesterday. A good friend from college who lived across the hall in my dorm for 2 years - wrote in her status update regarding her marriage that she will soon be single.

Community - it's something we all desire. We desire to connect with others, to be heard, and to be a part of each other's lives.

People used to have front porches where they visited with one another - now many people have elaborate back porches where we disconnect from each other. People used to fill their evenings around the fire with the family - now families disconnect to play on their computers or watch television.

Community - it's Biblical! We are to have fellowship with one another. We are to love, serve, pray, encourage, admonish, forgive, comfort, bear burdens, confess, have kindness, live in harmony, spur on, offer hospitality, greet, be devoted, and accept each other. God's word calls us to a community of love!

http://www.womenlivingwell.org/ is a community where we talk about what God is doing in our lives. I do not think that I have some great wisdom to impart to other people but I wish to create a "community" on the web where women can say - "Goodmorning - here's what I read in my Bible today or here is what God is teaching me." I tell my kids - "no talking back" but peeps - it's time for all you lurkers to start talking back to me!!!! I know you are out there - how was your quiet time today? What did you read? Share a verse! Add some depth to this blog! The community wants to hear from you!!!

Walk With the King!

Courtney

http://www.womenlivingwell.org/