5 Reasons I Love Social Media (FFF)
June 30th is Social Media Day and it is also Friday’s Fave Five. So I thought I would combine the two and share why I am grateful for social media.
ONE. Prayer Points. Many times I find out about life events on social media (especially Facebook) before I do via the phone or face-to-face.
- Birthday/anniversary
- Cancer announcement/last day of cancer announcement
- Chronic pain/sudden illness
- Graduation/loss of employment
- Hatred/love
I saw all of these things this past week and I prayed for each one. So I can better love on people in my life, this is one of the first things I do each morning.
TWO. Share Information. Most of the folks on my Facebook list are church folks.
- Therefore it is a GREAT way to advertise what’s going on.
- My teams and I (PEP and Women’s Ministry) create event pages.
- We have groups for PEP, Women’s Ministry and Operation Christmas Child (OCC) Projects (sewing/crafting).
- I share photos from the things we do together.
- I highlight what people at CNC are doing. That way we can appreciate them. And get involved, if that interests us.
THREE. New Ideas. I belong to Facebook feeds that cover a gamut of areas: OCC, crafts, theology, authors, education, travel, diabetes news, Spanish, fasting and Dan Rather. (He is the only “political thing” I follow.) Of course there are a bajillion recipes that get shared. I have even tried a few and pinned a TON.
I use Twitter as a way to get world news and information. (I use Facebook mainly as a way to get personal news from friends.)
FOUR. Scrapbooking Life. There are many times that I post on Facebook because I WANT to remember this information. I want to document something from my life or from the life of someone important to me. I used to do scrapbooking. I probably won’t ever do that again. However, one of these days, I am going to print off a book that has all the posts from one year. In my ideal world, I would do that for every year I am on Facebook.
FIVE. Family Photos & Updates. Honestly, this is my favourite reason to have social media (Facebook). I LOVE seeing what my family is up to. Checking FB for my family is the last screen time thing I do each night. I want to see if there is something new that I can think about before I go to bed.
Your Turn . . . What are your favourite reasons to be on social media?
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Entry filed under: Friday's Fave Five (FFF), Gratitude List, Main. Tags: #SocialMediaDay, Friday's Fave Five, gratitude, why I love social media.
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Willow | . at .
I always say that I first got on facebook to spy on my kids! Actually, I use facebook to keep up with my friends and family for many of the same reasons you mentioned although I don’t do much with groups on facebook.
Have a great holiday weekend!
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Barbara H. | . at .
I love social medias for all those things as well. I love hearing people’s news almost instantly and being able to pray for a need as it comes up. I don’t like a lot of the “junk” there – political stuff, clickbait posts, etc. – but for now I “hide” the stuff I don’t like. Facebook is the best way to keep up with my extended family, so I plan to stay!
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