Has anyone ever said to you “TMI”? Well if you use any of these social networking services; Facebook, Twitter, Bebo, BuzzNet, Classmates.com, Flickr, Habbo, Linkedln, MyLife (formerly Reunion.com), or MySpace.  Maybe you possibly use one of these blogging services; Blog.com, Blogger.com, Blogr.com, Xanga.com, LiveJournal.com, and of course WordPress.com.  You are familiar with what I will be talking about.

Have you ever noticed that there are some people who tend to tell you every step they take, or they just want to tell you things that you wish you never knew?  Well that is what I am talking about today.

Now before I begin stating my case, you who do this are going to say; “Well why am I on some of these sites?” or maybe even, “If you do not like it, do not read them!” and I can imagine also “Well that is none of your business!”.

1.  Why am I on these sites? – Well I love to be social and it is a great way to connect with people I have not spoken to in a long time.

2.  Do not read them! - I can not help it, I get the alerts on my phone and it takes time to shuffle through the no-nonsense ones.  I have had to make the decision to cancel some of the alerts from some people because it became too many, but I feel bad if I miss something important like someone who needs prayer.

3.  It is none of my business! – As soon as you put something out there, you have made it everyone’s business and I do not think everyone wants to hear about your every trip to the bathroom or that you love you spouse – 17 times a day.  Tell your spouse to their face, make it personal, if you have to announce it, maybe they are the only ones not listening.

Let me get onto a more serious note.  Let’s say you tell everyone, “I’m going out for the night, or even worse, I have just left for a week-long vacation.  You just opened the door to anyone that wants to take advantage of you.  You can not be too careful these days. 

The internet is a wasteland for people looking to take advantage of everyone and these sites have taken over our lives and taken much too much of our time when we can be doing more productive things, like spending time with our loved ones and reading God’s Word.  I am speaking from experience.

Next time you have the urge to try something different, see if you can stay off ALL of these sites for one day and spend some productive time.  Do not worry, your Farmtown will not float away, your Twitter friends will not desert you, Your MySpace followers will not think your dropped off of the face of the earth and of course your Facebook friends will not turn their noses up at you.  What WILL happen is, you will learn how to communicate using your lips, eyes, ears and heart and not a screen and a keyboard.

Good Luck…!!!

To God be ALL of the Glory!

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