Fired Friend

See the above video titled "A Prayer to my granddaughter and friends"

Recently I was fired from being my granddaughters friend on Facebook. After posting something on the network that really didn't need to be on there I responded out of concern. I was told to "butt out." That it was just some fun among friends and that there was nothing to be worried about. If there was nothing to be concerned about then why did she fire me as her friend before posting more immature stuff on her Facebook account.

In an attempt to reach out to my granddaughter I thought I would make a video like other frustrated parents or grandparents have with their kids and post it on Facebook. After several attempts to make the video I had what I thought was a good finished product. As I went to put the video on my blogspot, it didn't work. I tried posting it on Facebook and it didn't work. The only place it worked was on my computer and camera. My theory isn't the fact that I posted it wrong but the fact that Satan doesn't want to get the message out to her and others like her. The message that they need to start caring and live a more careful life as there are things God cares about and so should they.

One of the things God cares about is her and her friends. I told her on Facebook and on the video I made that I would not butt out. Someday what she was doing was going to come back to bite her in the butt and if I can prevent that from happening I will. If that is "butting in" then so be because it beats waiting until she is killed, kidnapped, or raped before I say something to prevent the destruction she is doing to herself. 

Eventually the consequences of her choices will come. It is where we as hard headed people seem to learn the most. It's just the thought of her doing herself great physical and spiritual harm. Oh but it's her choice. If that is true then the choice of a rapist or murderer or child molester is "their" choice. That's ridiculous one would argue the choice of a teenager is different. The right to choose is the right to choose isn't it?

Life is one choice right after another. Sometimes we need people to tell us what choice to make, sometimes we do well making them on our own. Either way we need to not make our choices so carelessly. Quick, on the spot, off the wings of our emotions choices aren't always good ones. Choices made to be a part of a crowd or try to see how far we can go before getting caught are not good choices.

Not a good choice is the fact that we treat Jesus the same way my granddaughter treated me. The minute He steps in to comment on our behavior we fire Him as our friend. We like Him as a friend when He is going along with everything we choose to do but when we want to go off on our own in a rebellion manner and He responds we tell Him to "butt out." We fire Him as our friend when it becomes convenient for us to do as we please and not as He instructs.

It would do us all well if we would fire our emotions and wrong choices and keep what is best for us. Indeed the ability to make right choices and keep Jesus as our friend for not only life but for all eternity.