The Creeper

I spent the latter half of last week in Philadelphia, attending a national travel training seminar. One of the classes I registered for was entitled "Getting Connected: A Primer on Social Media Networking", where we learned more about promoting our businesses through FaceBook, Twitter, MySpace, blogs, etc.

The class reminded me of Pastor Ken's sermon of a couple of weeks ago, which introduced our current topic, "Following". That message, in referring to Social Media, taught me a new term - creeper - which was roughly defined as one who observes others' statuses while rarely posting anything himself.

Hmm, I thought . . . I guess I'm guilty of being a "creeper" myself. I enjoy keeping up with the highs and lows of my friends' and family's lives, but don't necessarily find the need to comment or post as often as they do.

While I was debating whether or not to feel guilty about something ELSE in my life, another thought crossed my mind - wait a minute! Could one then consider GOD a creeper? After all, doesn't He constantly keep track of all of OUR statuses, and only every once in awhile does He send us a "post"?

Actually, to be honest, even though I realize that my life is being monitored daily by my Heavenly Father, I would rather think of Him smiling as He takes note, without Him finding the need to "post" me!

Yup, the more I think about it, the more comfort I feel from the fact that I'm being watched not by a "creeper", but by a "keeper"!

"For the eyes of the Lord move to and fro throughout the earth that He may strongly support those whose heart is completely His." 2 Chronicles 16:9 (NASB)

                                                      
by
Maria McKiernan