I keep seeing these applications on Facebook that ask you to look at a picture as a way of describing who you or your friends are. And while I have to admit that I reject basically every application, group, fan page, etc request I get (Sorry, I’m just not that interested in most of them) I do find it interesting to look at and see how people view each other.
I remember when I signed up for Facebook and a few years later LinkedIn, all of the information that they asked for. They wanted to know who I was and what I was known for. These two experiences lead us to two very important questions. What do we want to be known for and what are we actually known for?
If we were to ask our friends to describe us what would they say? Would they simply say wonderful things about how nice we are or how kind we are? Would they say that we are funny or friendly or even a faithful friend?
Now while all of these are definitely admirable qualities and descriptions, are they really what we’re looking for?
If I think back to the Gospel stories of Jesus Christ, he was known for more than these things. What are you known for?
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I find it really interesting though that so many people want to be associated with labels, pictures, and stereotypes with many of these Facebook applications. People always complain about being put into a box, so why are they willingly applying the label themselves?