Intimacy.

If you've ever stumbled upon my Facebook photo albums or my Twitter feed, you may notice that from time to time I like to post photos from my every day life. They range from something of a comical nature to some of the best sunsets I've ever seen.

A while ago I saw something really neat but as I tried to take a picture of it, the camera on my phone kept on glitching. I really wanted to capture the moment so I could share it with others. As I fidgeted with my phone I felt God say to me, "This one is just for you."

We've got phones and apps and blogs and such and we're all very well connected to the world around us. We live in an era where we thrive on sharing as much detail with others as possible. That's the premise of Facebook or Twitter really. But it occurred to me that as much as we like to share what's going on in our lives, even spiritually speaking, some things are supposed to be just between us and God.

I am not against social media. Hello, I'm currently writing a blog which you're now reading cause you clicked the link on my Facebook or Twitter. I am, however, against the loss of intimacy between me and my Creator. God speaks to me and stirs up things in my life and sometimes I share them but sometimes I don't. It's really a judgment call on your part but I really think that there are some things we should keep to ourselves. Our relationship with God shouldn't be a secret; we should want to shout it from the mountain tops pretty much. But the details of our relationship with God - the things He's convicting us on, the beauty He's revealing to us - I think we should keep these things private. We need to preserve the intimacy of our relationship with God by limiting the things we share with the world around us.

I share things I'm learning or experiencing as a means of encouraging others or giving people something to think about. I'll admit, sometimes I just want to make people laugh. But I don't share everything. When you share intimate things, they're no longer intimate.

Again, just something to think about!