There are so many ways to separate ourselves in our marriages today. Every site and device wants us to have our very own e-mail, Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, and Instagram accounts. It all seems innocent enough. However, many marriages and families are being negatively effected and even destroyed by the electronic social media age. The are several factors like online affairs, addiction to media devices, isolation, the total ignoring of reality, and so many more.
Lets start why anyone gets married to begin with. You get married because you want to SHARE your life with someone. You want someone to be intimate with. Not just intimate with your body, but intimate with your thoughts, feeling, and experiences. You wanted someone to rejoice with in the good times. You wanted someone to comfort and be comforted by in the bad times. These things are deep desires with in all of us. Yet even before social media and electronic devices came along we would seek outside of our marriages and families for the fulfillment of these desires.
So how do we combat this destructive behavior? The first answer is in God! He can heal us and guide us. Keep in mind though that the solution we maybe expecting or looking for may not be what God has in mind. Secondly we must look at ourselves first before looking to blame our spouse, children, parents, siblings, etc. We must search ourselves for what sins, expectation, behaviors we are exhibiting. This blog is an attempt to explore ways to over come the destruction modern technology can reek in our lives.
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