Fighting to be transformed? Why doesn’t your Facebook show
that?
When you truly change, everything about you and around you
does it too. Yes, Facebook page included.
So, here are a few things to consider for an “extreme
profile makeover”.
Friends: Do you
really need to accept anyone that sends you a friend request?
This is what you could ask yourself before hitting “accept”:
Do you know them? What does their profile picture say about them? Why would you
be interested in knowing what they post and think? Are they people of good
character and habits? Will their posts be beneficial or will they lead you to
things you would rather keep away from you? Why do you think it’s okay for them
to learn more about your life?
Make sure you go about your list of friends and do a clean
up too. Remember: it’s easier for
them to drag you to what it’s wrong than for you to lead them down the right
path.
Wall: Make sure
there are no curse words, dirty jokes or sentences with a double meaning —those
that sound clean but hide dirty references behind them. Of course, we know you
haven’t written them; some “good” friend of yours did it. Anyways, they don’t
look good on you. Leaving them in your wall is like shouting: “I’m okay with
it!” And please, unfriend that “friend” that keeps on doing that.
Pics: Why would
you keep all those old pics of yours there? Yeah, those of you partying,
sticking your tongue out while holding a beer, vomiting after getting drunk or
posing for the camera inviting people to undress you with their eyes. Not to
mention pictures of half-dressed girls or boys, or those you took with old
friends that don’t get along with the new you.
By all means, keep some of those stored somewhere so you can
show how much you’ve been transformed, but don’t show them in your Facebook
—unless you do it like this {show YPG before and after
pics}. That’s not you anymore.
Status & Comments:
Watch what you say and comment. It seems that some people get bolder to speak
nonsense just because they are doing it virtually. Someone you know —or at
least you’ve heard about— put it this way:
“Let me tell you
something: Every one of these careless words is going to come back to haunt
you. There will be a time of Reckoning. Words are powerful; take them
seriously. Words can be your salvation. Words can also be your damnation."
(Mat 12.36-37, The Message)
Wanna know a secret? Whenever I want to know someone better
I look him or her up on Facebook. I find it quite an eye opener. I guess that’s
why some have opted to open Facebook accounts under a pseudonym.
P.S.: We are not aiming for you to become a bible freak;
filling up your wall with bible verses, pictures at church with your pastor and
things of the like. Nope, you should
just look neat and balanced; like someone who’s been truly transformed. That
should be natural to you.
Luke Castro
YPG National Coordinator
