Sharing Good

 

Thoughts for the Day, August 25, 2020

Yesterday we spoke of the Three Simple Rules of the UMC and how Rev Dan Gangler and Michael Rich expanded on Bishop Job’s ideas  by integrating these three rules into social media. Today we will look at the second rule: “Do Good.” 

 Job tells us that doing all the good we can means to engage others proactively in a way that “nourishes goodness and strengthens community.” What a great opportunity for us to share  the love and grace of God through a platform that reaches out to the lost and lonely. Gangler and Rich tell us to think about every status update, comment or post as an outlet of “doing good.”

·       Ask does it reflect God’s interest? Does it serve the good of the community and those in it?

·       Will it help God’s reign and fellow believers? How will those outside the church perceive it? How will people of different cultural or faith backgrounds receive it?

 

Whether it is Facebook, Instagram or something else, social media very quickly embeds us in other people’s lives. How we engage online can have a profound effect on the people with whom we connect. Let’s use social media to extend hospitality and goodness to all and to demonstrate God’s love to  our digital neighbors. Let’s be a positive voice in the world of Social media.

 

Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’³¹ The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no commandment greater than these” (Mark 12: 30-31).