What Has FaceBook Done For You?

Times have changed, technology has improved, and communication has come a very long way. When My Space first came out, I was not a big fan of the whole idea. I though it was rather self-centered and a waste of time. It appeared to be a lure for hackers and predators. I was turned off completely. After being separated from our family for several years and missing them, I found myself longing for updates and pictures on everyone. Phone calls are nice but not always feasible or conducive to a home full of screaming and crying children. Email is fine too, but still seems somewhat slow and still not as personal or community like. For the past several years I have been primarily a wife and stay at home mom. I have focused solely on raising my children, housework, wifely duties, cooking, etc. Then it happened. The pendulum shifted in the political arena and our government took a turn in a direction that jolted me. At first my father, of all people, had sent me an invitation to join FaceBook. Hesitantly I did. At first, I was not sure I wanted to. I was very particular about who I would let on my page. I still am and have my securities set high. Not just any Joe Blow can invite me to be a friend. I have to invite them. No one can see my pictures or my information. I don't post much about my children or their information. I do not post my address, etc. All that security stuff aside....I LOVE FACEBOOK! What has FaceBook done for you? Please share your comments and how FaceBook has helped you, changed your life, or been a support system for you.


Primarily, FaceBook got me back in touch with my family again. I absolutely love seeing the updated pictures of my brothers' families and sister's family, my parents, my cousins, etc. I have family in several states. It is not often that we get to see them. It is even less often that we are all together at one time. I have been able to reconnect with family members that I had rarely talked to. Even now, if we don't communicate daily or even weekly, just being able to see what is going on in their life is such a neat thing to me. This way, I feel like we are not so distant anymore. I feel so much more connected to everyone who is on there. We get to celebrate birthdays publicly, but privately, send them birthday wishes and other celebrations. There are times when things are not going so well. Maybe an illness might affect someone or a death, again, we can all communicate and support each other. I have been able to reconnect with friends that I went to school with and grew up with. This has been a true blessing indeed. We have a tight group of friends that I like to call our “prayer warriors”. Anytime any of us has a need we can call on each other and pray and fast through FaceBook. We have seen great miracles and answered pray from God through our prayer warriors and friends on FaceBook. Friends have been healed from cancer and other illnesses. Being able to check in on your family and friends when it is convenient for you is a great tool. Admittedly, it is not always convenient to make a phone call or a trip. To be able to look at everyone's status, updates, profiles and pictures when it is convenient for you is wonderful. You can communicate with family and friends when you are able to get on the computer or your phone, not get interrupted or stop family time, etc. FaceBook it is a great way to reconnect with family and friends and is extremely convenient.

FaceBook has also served as a great tool for spreading messages quickly or getting answers to urgent questions rapidly. During a family illness if there are any changes you can make one entry and notify a massive amount of people in a matter of seconds. This works for any type of communication, birthday wishes, updates on birth announcments, family changes, family emergencies, etc. Today in fact, we are experiencing bad weather and expecting severe weather to move in soon. We received word that the schools would be closing early. In a matter of minutes the message was out to parents and families that students were going to be released early and preparations needed to be made. Then, shortly after, messages were going out about church activities being canceled. I received a phone call from a friend's child's school that they could not reach her and the child needed to be picked up. I sent her a text message and then sent her a message on FaceBook. Within minutes the mother called me and was on her way to pick her daughter up. This is great stuff! One night I was in an arts and crafts store with my oldest daughter and we were searching for items for a biology project. We needed some help with it and all it took was one FaceBook status and within minutes we had a number of answers. I have some very intelligent friends on my page thankfully. I could give you story after story of how FaceBook has helped me communicate quickly with others or how it has touched my life.

Politically, FaceBook has helped me connect with other like-minded individuals as well as assist in campaign efforts and activist issues. It has been so nice to meet new people who share a very deep concern for our country as I do. To be able to share ideas, thoughts, and new information with people such as this has not only been inspirational but very supportive. Being able to put information about candidates out there in the social networks quickly to a massive audience cuts out a lot of wasted time, allowing your time and efforts to put into something more productive or more needed. The other aspect is being able to spread information and news releases and keeping people informed about the government process. It has been great to see how transparent and open some of the elected officials have become. It is always nice to hear from them and see how active and truly productive they are. Just knowing that our representatives are actually working and doing what they are supposed to be doing is settling. Just a few of the ones that come to mind are Sen. Eric Johnson (running for GA Gov), Cong. Jack Kingston, Rep. Burke Day, Rep. Ann Purcell, Cong. Lynn Westmoreland and President Pro Tempore Tommie Williams just to name a very few. These elected officials will often give updates and reports as to what is going on with legislation and votes as well as general political news. It is great to have a heads up and hear it directly from the mouth of the messenger.

So, I ask you, what has FaceBook done for you? Have you been blessed by reconnecting with family and friends? Have you been touched or healed by prayer from others? Have you been enlightened politically? Have you found a new interest or hobby through FaceBook? Please share your experiences and thoughts. I look forward to hearing from you! May God bless you and may God bless America and the troops fighting to defend her!