Are you ever confused by the texting “like” function?
I am.
Sometimes it means the text is “liked” but often it is just an acknowledgement of what has been sent.
A few months ago, I texted “I think I have Covid” to a friend (or former friend). He clicked like.
😑 I guess I should be glad he didn’t click “love” which is a thing now.
I guess someone “loves” a text if they either truly “love” it, really “like” it, “like” it more than a regular “like,” or are overly emotional in general about acknowledging text messages.
Both “like” and “love” functions do quickly express emotions. However, if we’re all honest here, sometimes a “like” is just a short, curt answer meaning, “Ok, thanks, now shut up?”
“Likes” seem to have become a thing on social media. Society, even pastors and church leaders, seem bound by the approval generated by “likes.” On Facebook, the “like” is a thumbs up, on Instagram and TikTok, it’s a heart. Maybe it should be called “Insecuritygram.”
My love language is “Words of Affirmation.” I admit that I smile when I see my posts being “liked,” especially by lots of people. I love seeing hearts and thumbs up emojis. Just like the rest of the world, I post and then check my posts to see how many people “like” what I’ve said. On the outside, I’m nodding my approval of their approval of my words. On the inside, I’m screaming, “They like me, they really, really like me!”
What we often don’t realize is that chasing after “likes” can be so devastating to our own self worth. We don’t realize that we’re setting ourselves up to be disappointed.
Louie Giglio writes, “If we live for people’s approval, we will die by their rejection.”
I think he’s right. If it would have been a social media post or text, I would have liked it.
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*Image courtesy of Jackson Sophat
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