I enjoy Facebook because it helps me stay in touch with friends and family that I otherwise wouldn't be as likely to see or hear from. I'm not close friends with every person on my friend's list and there are some that I haven't seen in 30 years. Some of them (to be honest) I'm not even sure who they are! ;)
There are a couple of old boyfriends and several distant cousins.
Some are casual aquantances that I have met over the years or that I have worked with and befriended. Others I have known over the years from church.
I have always said that you can know someone for 10 years and never 'really' know them.
I got a post on my homepage yesterday from a woman that I used to go to church with and have seen occasionaly over ther years. I have never had more than a short conversation with her. I have never been to her home and she has never been to mine. I've never had a cross word to her or about her. She really doesn't know me at all.
Now let me back up a little...Facebook has a game where you answer questions about people that are on your friend list. They are usually goofy questions like Do you think Jane is cute or would you bail Bob out of jail...dumb stuff. You have to answer questions about other people in order to unlock the answers of people who have answered questions about you...
Evidently this lady doesn't know that it is just for fun. And instead of answering the question and leaving it private...She typed out the questions and posted them on each individual profile...
And wouldn't you know it, the question about me was "Is Dorcas Vittatoe a nice person?" Her answer was "Dorcas is not always nice but neither am I. But she does need to repent"
The stupidity and audasity of judgemental religous people (who don't know me and have never even tried to know me) never ceases to amaze me.
No I don't go to church regularly. I have my reasons and they are between me and God. Am I perfect? No. Do I love and praise God for everything every day? Yes! Do I repent when I feel that I have done wrong? Yes! Everyday!
Why do people think they know me? I think maybe if they tried to know God in all his power, might, glory and compassion....they might be a little less inclined to judge me!
I stopped trying to please people along time ago. My relationship with Jesus is MINE. I don't feel the need to justify myself to people. I learned long ago that people will let you down every time. And there is none good except HIM.
Maybe I do have my issues...I don't deny this. But one thing I do know...I went to church faithfuly for years everytime the doors wore open...and when my marriage fell apart and I stopped going...Not one (1) person came to see me or called me to see how I was doing or when I was coming back. And now differnt ones think they have the right to judge me...Go figure...
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I've long said that self-righteous, judgmental and so-called 'religious' people pull more folks away from God, and what He's REALLY about, than anyone else could ever do. They hold the sacred cross out in front of them as a symbol of their own holiness and goodness - and there is no worse abuse that I can think of. I've encountered people like this too, Dorcus, and you can't give them a foothold to make you start questioning your personal relationship with the Lord. As you said, that relationship is yours and yours alone.
ReplyDeleteThis is good stuff - I'm glad you wrote it. And I hope you forward this to that lady to make sure she sees it. Hopefully a light bulb may go off and she'll realize how much her hurtful, hypocritical, judgmental and careless comments are viewed by others. Dr. Phil calls it "leveling" - when someone feels the need to constantly push others down with negativity in order to 'elevate' themselves. It doesn't make her look better, as she may think - quite the opposite. In my eyes, it is evil incarnate - and that puts her in the same category as Satan.