I’ve been spending a lot of time looking at websites such as twitter, youtube and facebook the past few days and have noticed what I find to be a disturbing trend. Its becoming the norm in our society to put down and make fun of other constantly. Trust me if you know me at all you know I have been guilty of this to the extreme and I probably don’t have any right to even comment about this. But I have been working on it, and feel as though I have improved tremendously on it. I see tweets on twitter and all it seems to be is people making fun of what other do and say or tweet about. Youtube people comment on videos hating on people they don’t know for no reason what so ever other than to be hateful. Its also become a popular trend to post videos mocking other videos, Im not talking about the light hearted mocking videos I am talking about the malicious ones that serve no purpose other than to try to make them selves feel “cool” by putting others down. Facebook is becoming just as bad if not worse than the other sites.

Its not just on social networking sites that I notice this trend either, listen to your co-workers or friends talk, making fun of someone just because they look or act differently than you do. 

From a worldly perspective I understand where they are coming from in a way, its become the cool thing to do, Daniel Tosh is a prime example, he gets paid millions to make fun of other people to make himself look cool and get a few laughs. But what I don’t understand is the christian perspective, because as christians we (for the most part) are just as bad if not worse than everyone else. WE know better than that, and its our job to show CHRIST through our words and actions. When we blend in with society and continue in this trend it makes it difficult to tell the christians from the none.

I wanna challenge christians starting with my self, to step up, break out of this disturbing trend in society and show people JESUS through our words and actions.

[36] I tell you, on the day of judgment people will give account for every careless word they speak, [37] for by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.” 

(Matthew 12:36-37 ESV)

[29] Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear. 

(Ephesians 4:29 ESV)

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