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Dear Twitter Christians, Stop Twisting The Bible To Make Your Tweets Look Cute

Know your Bible verses before you tweet, OK?

Ashley Brooke Boyd

Jul 27, 2018

Baylor University

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I have a serious bone to pick with Twitter. If you search Twitter for "Love never fails, and if it failed, it wasn't love," you will pull up hundreds if not thousands of the same tweet. First of all, this tweet is not biblical as Christians are claiming it to be! This tweet is referring to 1 Corinthians 13:8, "love never fails." I believe this is referring to God's love, not human love. We are flawed. We are sinful. We are not capable of loving with an unfailing love. This tweet isn't biblical because we can't possibly love like God. Our love WILL fail without His help.

When I was younger and would read this tweet, it terrified me. What if I fell in love with someone for it to not be considered love? Am I really only going to love one person? What if I love the wrong guy? As I did more reading of my Bible, I realized that I should love and love often. I don't need to save my love for one person. Sure, I need to guard my heart, but I also need to live like Jesus and love to the best of my ability. Unfortunately, since we aren't perfect, our love won't be either. You will fail the people you love. The love of your life will fail you at some point. We are human. We make mistakes. This is why we NEED God! If you keep Him at the center of your relationship, it won't fail.

I have loved many people in my 18 years, and just because my friendships or relationships didn't work out with them doesn't mean I didn't love them. By tweeting "it wasn't love," that completely discredits people's feelings, especially those who had a hard break-up. If you love/loved someone, your feelings are valid. Don't let a dumb tweet that isn't even right make you feel bad about yourself.

Anyways, back to the tweet. Second of all, twisting the Bible to make a "cute" tweet is not cool. Stop trying to be trendy for the sake of retweets and spreading false information about the Bible. Before you cherry-pick a verse and try to make it "cool," make sure you study the chapter around it! If you read all of 1 Corinthians 13, you will see that love is described. I believe Paul is referring to the love of God, not human love, but then again I could be wrong. By changing the meaning of this passage, you confuse new believers/people who don't believe in God.

Moral of the story, please stop tweeting "Love never fails, and if it failed, it wasn't love"

Sincerely,

A girl who loves a ton of people but just had bad luck

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1. When you get your acceptance letter

2. When you try to figure out how class enrollment works

3. When it’s move in day

4. When you arrive on campus and see all of the attractive people

5. FROG Week

6. When you find your squad

7. When you visit DHall (RIP) or EHall for the first time

8. When you take on way too many credits

9. When you go to your first party at JMU

10. When the rival school shows up for the homecoming game (or any game really)

11. Sunday Brunch

12. When you see the infamous “preacher” for the first time

13. The first snow day

14. Madipalooza

15. When finals week rolls around

16. When you have to say goodbye

17. And when you finally get to go back

Do you have a small get-together or throw a big bash?

1. Your family and friends ask what you want for your birthday, so you give them a list of options.

2. You're super excited about your birthday the week before.

3. Your family flies in town to celebrate with you.

4. Your siblings wake you up.

5. Your friends are so excited to be with you on your big day.

6. If you work, your office might throw a party for you.

7. For your actual party, you plan a small get-together with close family and friends ...

8. ... or large celebration with everyone you know.

9. You eat the best meal you've had in weeks.

10. You devour the first piece of cake proudly.

11. You embarrass yourself somehow.

12. You get the present you really wanted but thought no one would get you.

13. You are a little sad about getting older.

14. That feeling wears off and you realize how happy you are to have family and friends to celebrate this day with you.

15. The morning after your birthday looks something like this.

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All names should be "unisex names."

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6. You get excited when you meet someone of your gender with your name.

7. You feel awkward when you meet someone of the opposite gender with your name.

8. You’ve had someone say to you, “I knew a [your name], but they were [your opposite gender].”

9. You’ve heard a bad joke/pick-up line or two about your name before.

10. People are surprised when they see you.

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