{"id":10808,"date":"2016-02-14T23:46:50","date_gmt":"2016-02-15T04:46:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/frenchrevolution\/?p=10808"},"modified":"2016-02-15T09:51:52","modified_gmt":"2016-02-15T14:51:52","slug":"before-posting-blessed-on-social-media-know-the-difference-between-a-gift-and-a-reward","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/frenchrevolution\/2016\/02\/14\/before-posting-blessed-on-social-media-know-the-difference-between-a-gift-and-a-reward\/","title":{"rendered":"Before posting #Blessed on social media, know the difference between a gift and a reward"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 658px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-version=\"6\">\n<div style=\"padding: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background: #F8F8F8; line-height: 0; margin-top: 40px; padding: 56.2945368171% 0; text-align: center; width: 100%;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BByT3hNns3R\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">A photo posted by Mtvs Hunter Brian Barfield (@mtvhunter)<\/a> on <time style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;\" datetime=\"2016-02-15T00:03:16+00:00\">Feb 14, 2016 at 4:03pm PST<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\" async=\"\" defer><\/script><\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text story-content\" data-para-count=\"606\" data-total-count=\"5035\">#Blessed has been trending in social media for a while\u2026 \u00a0which seems like a good thing, right? Not so fast. Here are some of the ways that people use the popular term, selected from Instagram today. \u00a0The photo above, posted by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/mtvhunter\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">@MTVHunter<\/a>,\u00a0is pretty typical.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text story-content\" data-para-count=\"606\" data-total-count=\"5035\"><em><span style=\"font-weight: inherit;\" data-reactid=\".2.1.0.0.2.1.0.0.1.0\">I clean up nice in cold weather Attire haha. The warm weather in Florida has sure spoiled me over the years!\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; color: #125688;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/explore\/tags\/blessed\/\" data-reactid=\".2.1.0.0.2.1.0.0.1.$text0\/=1$entity8\/=010\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">#blessed<\/a><a style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; color: #125688;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/explore\/tags\/model\/\" data-reactid=\".2.1.0.0.2.1.0.0.1.$text0\/=1$entity10\/=010\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">#model<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text story-content\" data-para-count=\"606\" data-total-count=\"5035\">(Note his profile pic is mainly of his abs.) \u00a0A\u00a0quick scroll through Instagram revealed more ways God has blessed people across America:<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text story-content\" data-para-count=\"606\" data-total-count=\"5035\">\u00a0\u2014 Two bikini clad women standing on a beach, saying that their phones survived a tropical storm.\u00a0(<em><span style=\"font-weight: inherit;\" data-reactid=\".2.1.0.0.2.1.0.0.1.8\">Our phones luckily didn\u2019t get dragged into the ocean.\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; color: #125688;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/explore\/tags\/blessed\/\" data-reactid=\".2.1.0.0.2.1.0.0.1.$text2\/=1$entity0\/=010\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">#blessed<\/a><\/em>)<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text story-content\" data-para-count=\"606\" data-total-count=\"5035\">\u2014 Kris Jenner advertising a new television show featuring her family. \u00a0(<em><span style=\"font-weight: inherit;\" data-reactid=\".2.1.0.0.2.1.0.0.1.0\">Tonight!!!!! Don\u2019t miss\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; color: #125688;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/kuwtk\/\" data-reactid=\".2.1.0.0.2.1.0.0.1.$text0\/=1$entity0\/=010\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">@kuwtk<\/a><span style=\"font-weight: inherit;\" data-reactid=\".2.1.0.0.2.1.0.0.1.2\">\u00a0at 9\/8c\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; color: #125688;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/explore\/tags\/partytime\/\" data-reactid=\".2.1.0.0.2.1.0.0.1.$text0\/=1$entity1\/=010\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">#partytime<\/a><span style=\"font-weight: inherit;\" data-reactid=\".2.1.0.0.2.1.0.0.1.4\">\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; color: #125688;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/explore\/tags\/family\/\" data-reactid=\".2.1.0.0.2.1.0.0.1.$text0\/=1$entity2\/=010\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">#family<\/a><span style=\"font-weight: inherit;\" data-reactid=\".2.1.0.0.2.1.0.0.1.6\">\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; color: #125688;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/explore\/tags\/love\/\" data-reactid=\".2.1.0.0.2.1.0.0.1.$text0\/=1$entity3\/=010\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">#love<\/a><span style=\"font-weight: inherit;\" data-reactid=\".2.1.0.0.2.1.0.0.1.8\">\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; color: #125688;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/explore\/tags\/blessed\/\" data-reactid=\".2.1.0.0.2.1.0.0.1.$text0\/=1$entity4\/=010\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">#blessed<\/a><\/em>)<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text story-content\" data-para-count=\"606\" data-total-count=\"5035\">\u2014 A highly filtered woman in a convertible, holding roses (<em><span style=\"font-weight: inherit;\" data-reactid=\".2.1.0.0.2.1.0.0.1.0\">Best\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; color: #125688;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/explore\/tags\/valentinesday\/\" data-reactid=\".2.1.0.0.2.1.0.0.1.$text0\/=1$entity0\/=010\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">#ValentinesDay<\/a><span style=\"font-weight: inherit;\" data-reactid=\".2.1.0.0.2.1.0.0.1.2\">\u00a0ever Love my\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; color: #125688;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/explore\/tags\/gorgeous\/\" data-reactid=\".2.1.0.0.2.1.0.0.1.$text0\/=1$entity1\/=010\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">#gorgeous<\/a><span style=\"font-weight: inherit;\" data-reactid=\".2.1.0.0.2.1.0.0.1.4\">\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; color: #125688;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/explore\/tags\/roses\/\" data-reactid=\".2.1.0.0.2.1.0.0.1.$text0\/=1$entity2\/=010\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">#roses<\/a><span style=\"font-weight: inherit;\" data-reactid=\".2.1.0.0.2.1.0.0.1.6\">!\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; color: #125688;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/explore\/tags\/luckygirl\/\" data-reactid=\".2.1.0.0.2.1.0.0.1.$text0\/=1$entity5\/=010\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">#luckygirl<\/a><a style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; color: #125688;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/explore\/tags\/loved\/\" data-reactid=\".2.1.0.0.2.1.0.0.1.$text0\/=1$entity6\/=010\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">#loved<\/a><span style=\"font-weight: inherit;\" data-reactid=\".2.1.0.0.2.1.0.0.1.e\">\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; color: #125688;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/explore\/tags\/blessed\/\" data-reactid=\".2.1.0.0.2.1.0.0.1.$text0\/=1$entity7\/=010\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">#blessed<\/a><\/em>)<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text story-content\" data-para-count=\"606\" data-total-count=\"5035\">\u2014\u00a0A woman taking a selfie while wearing a skin tight dress (<em><span style=\"font-weight: inherit;\" data-reactid=\".4.1.0.0.2.1.0.0.1.0\">Took a lot of work to get back to where I\u2019m at. Looking cute for babe tonight)<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text story-content\" data-para-count=\"606\" data-total-count=\"5035\">Is this what the word \u201cblessed\u201d has become? \u00a0Jessica Bennett, writing in The New York Times, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2014\/05\/04\/fashion\/blessed-becomes-popular-word-hashtag-social-media.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">explains<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"story-body-text story-content\" data-para-count=\"643\" data-total-count=\"2166\">There\u2019s nothing quite like invoking holiness as a way to brag about your life. But calling something \u201cblessed\u201d has become the go-to term for those who want to boast about an accomplishment while pretending to be humble, fish for a compliment, acknowledge a success (without sounding too conceited), or purposely elicit envy. Blessed, \u201cdivine or supremely favored,\u201d is now used to explain that coveted Ted talk invite as well as to celebrate your grandmother\u2019s 91st birthday. It is carried out in hashtags (#blessed), acronyms (#BH, for the Hebrew \u201cbaruch hasem,\u201d which means \u201cblessed be God\u201d), and even, God forbid, emoji.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text story-content\" data-para-count=\"391\" data-total-count=\"2557\">\u201c \u2018Blessed\u2019 is used now where in the past one might have said \u2018lucky,\u2019\u00a0\u201d said the linguist Deborah Tannen. \u201cBut what makes these examples humble-brags is not \u2018blessed\u2019 itself but the context: telling the world your fianc\u00e9 is the best or that you\u2019ve been invited to do something impressive. Actually I don\u2019t even see the \u2018humble\u2019 in it. I just see \u2018brag.\u2019\u00a0\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s almost as if the Internet now exists simply to voyeuristically hate-read all of the ways everyone else in the world has been blessed,\u201d Danielle Thomson is quoted as saying. \u00a0\u201cThere is literally no other word that can simultaneously inspire such animosity and rapture.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text story-content\" data-para-count=\"606\" data-total-count=\"5035\">Writer Kate Bowler, who recently wrote a book called <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0199827699\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0199827699&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=nancfren-20&amp;linkId=MWGG4UOGZHMPMGHF\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">Blessed: A History of the American Prosperity Gospel<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"https:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=nancfren-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=0199827699\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\">, believes the popularization of the word is one of the prosperity gospel\u2019s greatest triumphs: \u00a0\u201cWe see it everywhere, from a TV show called \u2018The Blessed Life\u2019 to the self-justification of Joel Osteen, the pastor of America\u2019s largest church,\u00a0who told Oprah\u00a0in his Texas mansion that \u2018Jesus died that we might live an abundant life.'\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text story-content\" data-para-count=\"606\" data-total-count=\"5035\">Of course, there\u2019s nothing like the #Blessed tee, which\u00a0shows just a hint of cleavage:<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text story-content\" data-para-count=\"606\" data-total-count=\"5035\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-10829 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/9\/2016\/02\/VNECK-CHAR-BLESSED-1_1024x1024-e1455510796934.jpg\" alt=\"VNECK-CHAR-BLESSED-1_1024x1024\" width=\"200\" height=\"292\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text story-content\" data-para-count=\"606\" data-total-count=\"5035\">Except maybe this:<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text story-content\" data-para-count=\"606\" data-total-count=\"5035\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"giphy-embed\" src=\"\/\/giphy.com\/embed\/p5tWpJhf4B6Ja\" width=\"480\" height=\"314\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/giphy.com\/gifs\/jennifer-lopez-j-lo-i-luh-ya-papi-p5tWpJhf4B6Ja\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">via GIPHY<\/a>\u00a0Bowler\u00a0goes on to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2016\/02\/14\/opinion\/sunday\/death-the-prosperity-gospel-and-me.html?action=click&amp;contentCollection=U.S.&amp;module=MostPopularFB&amp;version=Full&amp;region=Marginalia&amp;src=me&amp;pgtype=article\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">write<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"story-body-text story-content\" data-para-count=\"813\" data-total-count=\"5848\">Over the last 10 years, \u201cbeing blessed\u201d has become a full-fledged American phenomenon. Drivers can choose between the standard, mass-produced \u201cJesus Is Lord\u201d novelty license plate or \u201cBlessed\u201d for $16.99 in a tasteful aluminum. When an \u201cAmerica\u2019s Next Top Model\u201d star took off his shirt, audiences saw it tattooed above his bulging pectorals. When Americans boast on Twitter about how well they\u2019re doing on Thanksgiving, #blessed is the standard hashtag. It is the humble brag of the stars. #Blessed is the only caption suitable for viral images of alpine vacations and family yachting in barely there bikinis. It says: \u201cI\u00a0<em>totally<\/em>\u00a0get it. I am down-to-earth enough to know that this is crazy.\u201d But it also says: \u201cGod gave this to me. [Adorable shrug.] Don\u2019t blame me, I\u2019m blessed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text story-content\" data-para-count=\"445\" data-total-count=\"6293\">Blessed is a loaded term because it blurs the distinction between two very different categories: gift and reward. It can be a term of pure gratitude. \u201cThank you, God. I could not have secured this for myself.\u201d But it can also imply that it was deserved. \u201cThank you, me. For being the kind of person who gets it right.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"story-body-text story-content\" data-para-count=\"606\" data-total-count=\"5035\">Of course, there is such a thing as being actually #blessed. \u00a0Let\u2019s put down our smart phones and try to remember what the Bible says\u00a0about the\u00a0word. If \u00a0<a style=\"color: #d43617;\" title=\"view Scripture passage at BibleGateway.com\" href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Matthew+5%3A1-5%3A12\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">Matthew 5:1-12<\/a>\u00a0had been posted to Instagram instead of included in the Biblical canon, perhaps it would\u2019ve included the hashtag:<\/p>\n<div class=\"poetry top-05\" style=\"color: #000000;\">\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"line\"><span id=\"en-NIV-23238\" class=\"text Matt-5-3\">#Blessed are the poor in spirit,<\/span><br>\n<span class=\"indent-1\"><span class=\"indent-1-breaks\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"text Matt-5-3\"><span class=\"woj\">for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.<\/span><\/span><\/span><br>\n<span id=\"en-NIV-23239\" class=\"text Matt-5-4\">#Blessed are those who mourn,<\/span><br>\n<span class=\"indent-1\"><span class=\"indent-1-breaks\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"text Matt-5-4\"><span class=\"woj\">for they will be comforted.<\/span><\/span><\/span><br>\n<span id=\"en-NIV-23240\" class=\"text Matt-5-5\">#Blessed are the meek,<\/span><br>\n<span class=\"indent-1\"><span class=\"indent-1-breaks\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"text Matt-5-5\"><span class=\"woj\">for they will inherit the earth.<\/span><\/span><\/span><br>\n<span id=\"en-NIV-23241\" class=\"text Matt-5-6\">#Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness,<\/span><br>\n<span class=\"indent-1\"><span class=\"indent-1-breaks\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"text Matt-5-6\"><span class=\"woj\">for they will be filled.<\/span><\/span><\/span><br>\n<span id=\"en-NIV-23242\" class=\"text Matt-5-7\">#Blessed are the merciful,<\/span><br>\n<span class=\"indent-1\"><span class=\"indent-1-breaks\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"text Matt-5-7\"><span class=\"woj\">for they will be shown mercy.<\/span><\/span><\/span><br>\n<span id=\"en-NIV-23243\" class=\"text Matt-5-8\">#Blessed are the pure in heart,<\/span><br>\n<span class=\"indent-1\"><span class=\"indent-1-breaks\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"text Matt-5-8\"><span class=\"woj\">for they will see God.<\/span><\/span><\/span><br>\n<span id=\"en-NIV-23244\" class=\"text Matt-5-9\">#Blessed are the peacemakers,<\/span><br>\n<span class=\"indent-1\"><span class=\"indent-1-breaks\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"text Matt-5-9\"><span class=\"woj\">for they will be called children of God.<\/span><\/span><\/span><br>\n<span id=\"en-NIV-23245\" class=\"text Matt-5-10\">#Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness,<\/span><br>\n<span class=\"indent-1\"><span class=\"indent-1-breaks\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"text Matt-5-10\"><span class=\"woj\">for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"line\"><span id=\"en-NIV-23246\" class=\"text Matt-5-11\">#Blessed are you when people insult you,\u00a0persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me.<\/span>\u00a0<span id=\"en-NIV-23247\" class=\"text Matt-5-12\">Rejoice and be glad,\u00a0because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"story-body-text story-content\" data-para-count=\"606\" data-total-count=\"5035\">The next time you are tempted to use\u00a0#blessed on social media,\u00a0make sure it\u2019s not a \u201chumble brag,\u201d make sure it\u2019s Biblically accurate, and make sure \u2014 above all \u2014 you know the difference between a gift and a reward.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text story-content\" data-para-count=\"606\" data-total-count=\"5035\"><em><strong>Order my next three books on Amazon:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"width: 120px; height: 240px;\" 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