I turned off the election coverage.

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I turned off the election coverage.

November 4, 2008 by jennlockerman

But I did just check Facebook.

I have no less than 491 friends with recent status updates. At least two hundred of them are from the past hour and say something clever about God’s control and praying for our nation (and certainly not in a tone that suggests a victorious prayer of thankfulness).

Hilarious, yes?

Now, it’s important to note that I agree with the content…but, seriously? Facebook?

In social psychology terms, we call that “saving face.” In secular terms, they call that “lame.” In my own terms, I call it “I’mNotReallyGoodAtLosingSoI’llPullTheGodCardOnMyFacebookStatus.” That doesn’t apply to all of those status updates. Some of them were genuine. But most of them were just funny to read.

(Note: I know the election is a big deal. I haven’t forgotten that. But, come on. Facebook-God-Card?)

Now that the election is over, I’m making plans to avoid talking about political issues for the next three months. That should get me to the start of the Decision 2012 coverage, right? Here are my final Decision ’08 thoughts.

I (the church) will do my job.

You (the government) do yours.

Okay? Great.

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6 Responses

on November 5, 2008 at 1:12 am | Reply Tyler

Great post Jenn. Reminds me of how Christians like to break up with one another
on November 5, 2008 at 6:38 am | Reply Jen Whitson

Haha, I thought the same thing.
on November 5, 2008 at 10:19 am | Reply Bethany

ouch! The truth hurts sometimes!
on November 6, 2008 at 6:36 pm | Reply Cindy

Hey, I think I am one of those people – I don’t know whether to be hurt or not. lol I was sincere about making the page in my prayer notebook – was convicted by the Holy Spirit and of course, Beth Moore to have a visual reminder to be constant in prayer for our nation!!! Love you!
on November 8, 2008 at 12:35 pm | Reply jennlockerman

Haha – Cindy, you are definitely not one of those people – I know you well enough to know that you would have made a prayer page for a new president no matter who won. I was mostly referring to the thousand people I know who made statements about God’s control and praying for our nation now…whom I am guessing have never spent more than five collective minutes actually caring about it until they lost the election.
on November 11, 2008 at 3:01 am | Reply Election Madness « man.of.depravity

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