Examine Ourselves to Grow in Holiness

I heard a newscast this morning that was evaluating the impact of social media on relationships.

The conclusion the "psychologist" was coming to was that social media was "making people more aggressive and less empathetic."

I disagreed with this assessment and believe all social media is doing is allowing people to be their real selves when they have no consequences for their attitudes and actions.

Nothing makes us become what we are not already on the inside. Our culture is becoming more tolerant of the natural bent to be selfish, mean and rude. Since there are no consequences for the natural bent toward self-love, many have become comfortable being their real selves when all they have to do is push the "delete" button when others call them to account for their rudeness or crassness.

There is an old saying; "Circumstances don't make the man they reveal the man."

If someone blows up in anger or snarks at a disagreement this is the evidence of arrogance and pride within the person that they were hiding all along.

Let us all evaluate our own hearts, pay attention to our responses to people and ask the Lord for cleansing when we act out in the flesh. Perhaps our own responses are coming from fleshly pride rather than godly evaluation of the circumstances.