Every day the social networks LinkedIn and Facebook send email messages. On the surface, they just want to inform me about posts from people I know. What they really wish to achieve is my attention and presence on their sites. They earn income from my presence while viewing interminable advertisements.
I recently offered to a small group a meditation on words from Isaiah where God says that we should not fear because “I, the Lord your God, has your right hand.”
Sometimes reading isn’t enough. Sometimes we need to feel the message. God doesn’t pester us with endless emails. Perhaps we need to develop the practices that tune us into God’s “social network.”
We can practice stillness. Stopping our hectic pace at regular intervals leaving an opening for God to connect.
We can practice small support groups where the group can offer assurances to each other in God’s name.
These practices will take us a lot farther than endless scrolling on social media.
There is a way for us to get the message.
Faith Venture 
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