{"id":14918,"date":"2021-10-02T05:13:21","date_gmt":"2021-10-02T10:13:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/?p=14918"},"modified":"2021-10-02T05:13:31","modified_gmt":"2021-10-02T10:13:31","slug":"ever-been-ghosted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/?p=14918","title":{"rendered":"Ever Been Ghosted?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I learn a lot from my grands \u2013 at least when it comes to the lingo used these days. My grandson (whose name will remain anonymous to protect the innocent \u2013 he he!) came in and said \u201cShe\u2019s ghosting me. I\u2019m done. I\u2019m not going to put up with that anymore!\u201d In my lackluster \u201clingo\u201d abilities, I queried \u201cCan you tell me what \u201cghosting\u201d means?\u201d He replies \u201cWe\u2019ve been texting back and forth every day, but suddenly, she stopped. I see her on Snapchat and Tik Tok and she\u2019s replying to her friends, but she\u2019s \u2018ghosting me\u2019. I did my best to give him wise counsel about giving her some space. Good news is she un-ghosted him and all is well!

Yesterday, I connected with my second to the oldest grandson via text to see if I could bring him dinner. He recently purchased and moved into his first home, so I knew tantalizing him with a meal would give me an open invitation. His home is a bachelor pad, so I gave him plenty of warning. He was delighted and we agreed on 6 pm. When I asked what he\u2019d like to eat\u2026..no reply! Nada! I remembered my grandson\u2019s statement \u201cShe\u2019s ghosting me!\u201d I thought: \u201cHe\u2019s ghosting me!\u201d LOL! So, I chose a restaurant I like and ordered \u201cto go\u201d for us. I also took him a housewarming basket of goodies! I was proud to see this adorable home that he has furnished with great style (see below pic) and he\u2019s updating portions of the home himself. He has done a great job and he\u2019s thoroughly enjoying doing the updates himself. His home represents such peace and calm! It\u2019s amazing to see my grands mature so quickly!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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But, back to \u201cghosting\u201d. It\u2019s a term that apparently the really cool dudes and dudettes use to stop communication with someone without notice, (i.e., they just disappear). Ever have someone stop texting, calling, emailing, or visiting you for no apparent reason or explanation? You\u2019ve been ghosted!

With my usual lingo, here is my analogy! Jesus \u201cghosted\u201d His disciples. He showed up and then left without notice. With His resurrection — He ghosted. He died and was buried. But, whoa-la, He reappeared. Jesus will never ghost us. Jesus won\u2019t stop communicating with us for no apparent reason. \u201cHe has said, \u2018I WILL NEVER LEAVE YOU nor forsake you.\u2019\u201d (Hebrews 13:5) <\/p>\n\n\n\n

God\u2019s Word reminds us that He does not ghost His own. He who calls us is faithful. It can be hard to believe. Tragedy, poverty, relationship issues, war, health issues, these and other things consume our thoughts and emotions, distracting us from the evidence of the faithfulness of God across the ages. I\u2019ll admit, with all the evidence we have, there are times when it feels like Jesus ghosted us. But it\u2019s during those times when we experience God\u2019s grace and power and the surpassing peace of the Holy Spirit Who comes to us in the Word with the reality that Jesus has not forsaken us and is faithfulness personified.

Jesus never makes a promise He doesn\u2019t keep. He doesn\u2019t remove His love from us if we behave in certain ways nor is he keeping a record of wrongs that might motivate Him to sneak away. He is utterly and completely faithful in the fullest sense. He will never leave us or forsake us. Never means never.

Unfortunately, we human beings falter, fail, play \u201cghosting\u201d games with each other. We\u2019re tired of the same-o, same-o whining and complaining of those around us. We need a break, so we \u201cghost\u201d them for a while. Or we are the \u201cghostee\u201d \u2013 where a close friend or spouse or sibling \u201cghosts\u201d us. Sadly, some people do come and go. Sometimes it\u2019s legitimate and other times, the absence or disappearance leaves us wondering. We wonder: \u201cHave I been ghosted?\u201d But, not so with Jesus. Faithful. Present. Always. We can take that to the bank! He keeps His promises!
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I learn a lot from my grands \u2013 at least when it comes to the lingo used these days. My grandson (whose name will remain anonymous to protect the innocent \u2013 he he!) came in and said \u201cShe\u2019s ghosting me. I\u2019m done. I\u2019m not going to put up with that anymore!\u201d In my lackluster \u201clingo\u201d…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14921,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[19986,21696,21697],"tags":[1210,1769,21693,21688,21695,2336,777,40,21692,21694,21689,21690,21691,1505],"class_list":["post-14918","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-faithful","category-ghosting","category-never-leave-us","tag-blog","tag-christian","tag-forsake-us","tag-ghosted","tag-ghosting-games","tag-hebrews-135","tag-holy-spirit","tag-inspiration","tag-jesus-will-never-leave-us","tag-keeps-his-promises","tag-lingo","tag-snapchat","tag-tik-tok-2","tag-wise-counsel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14918","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14918"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14918\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14922,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14918\/revisions\/14922"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/14921"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14918"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14918"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14918"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}