The Social Media Generation

Let me first say, I love our church and our Pastor! We attend

Next Level Church in Fort Myers pastored by Matt Keller.

Week after week the topics are always new and pertain 

to everyone young and old. 

This past Sunday he spoke out of the book of

2 Timothy chapter 2 about the different

generations and how anyone 29 and younger is apart

of the Millennial generation. This generation 

has also been coined the 'Social Media' generation because

of our love for social media. This generation is also

known for the phrase of "We want to do that too".

Many people look down on our generation.. but according

to many different surveys the priorities of 

the millennial generation are the same

as some of the older generations.

Some of the top priorities include: being a good parent,

owning a home, and having a successful marriage.

Here is a great article that explains the graph in more detail.

[Sidenote: There are a lot of articles out there with some

negative perspectives on this.. I encourage you to

of course, research before you speak. But I am

speaking from a Christian perspective and based on

facts given in church yesterday and some of the research

I have done on my own.]

Everyone always harps on the fact that I am

ALWAYS connected to some sort of social media.. be it

Twitter, blogger, Facebook, instagram, tumblr, foursquare,

pinterest.. you name it I am on all of them all the time. Pastor

Matt spoke this weekend about how these social media outlets

can be used for good. Our generation has the greatest

chance possible to spread the gospel more effectively 

due to the amount of social media outlets we are connected to!

This REALLY hit home for me.. 

(as his sermons do almost every week)

and it occurred to me... 

Had I shared my faith on my blog?

Then I realized.. I don't think I have shared

as much of my faith as I would like on all of the Social Media

outlets that I am connected to. 

Yes, I have shared bits and

pieces, but am I really reaching my max potential for

this blog to be used as a testament? Probably not. 

I have quite a few loyal followers on many of these

different sites and I realized that if I touched just one 

or two of them and made a difference in

their life in a difficult time then it would all be worth it.

So this is one of my new goals. 

Sometimes I get carried away posting about my life

and things that I enjoy but I hope that if anyone has any

questions or ever needs someone to talk to that I will

always be here to lend an ear and be as good of a friend 

as I know how to be. For some reason I feel like someone needs

to hear this. So if it is you, please feel free to email me or 

DM me on twitter or wherever you feel comfortable. 

The goal is not for us to become so consumed in our

social media outlets that we forget about Him, but to use 

our social media outlets FOR His good. 

I also enjoy hearing about what else is going on

in everyone else's churches so please feel free to share!

Speaking of social media:

 I will be live tweeting the Bachelorette premiere 

tonight so feel free to follow on twitter here.

xoxo,

Little Miss Southern Love