Is your Twitter Trashy?

Today you can take what's "on your mind" and share it with the world in a matter of seconds...maybe even before you have had a chance to filter those thoughts. With twitter tweets, Facebook posts, and texting everywhere it's easy to communicate quickly - The question is:
DOES WHAT YOU COMMUNICATE BROADCAST WHO YOU REALLY ARE?

Here are some things I have seen lately that have challenged me on this front to "Pause my post" and think about what I'm really saying...are you doing that?

• a student who post an update on Faceboook that completely dashes his character as a follower of Christ. (probably didn't even think about the lyrics he posted)


• Lifecaster, blogger, and über web geek, Chris Pirillo [@chrispirillo] says that more and more bloggers are tweeting instead of blogging. One of his favorite lines to repeat is, “Twitter is a great place to tell the world what you’re thinking before you’ve had a chance to think about it.”


• a NFL football player who was fired for his Twitter comments. (Read the full story of Larry Johnson's twitter comments / firing here)

Couple thoughts...

- Do you think about what you post before you post it?

- Do you stop to ask, "Who is reading this?" and, "What am I saying about myself?"

- Do you regard, " what am I saying about my faith in Christ?" here in this post?

It's a whole new world where who you are on Facebook, Twitter, and Mysapce IS who you are! Are you someone you respect?

"Are you still so dull?" Jesus asked them. "Don't you see that whatever enters the mouth goes into the stomach and then out of the body? But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and these make a man 'unclean.' For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, slander. These are what make a man 'unclean'; but eating with unwashed hands does not make him 'unclean.' " Matthew 15:16 - 20