8 February 2012
My daughters tell me that Facebook will now come complete with a timeline, which basically gives your history since you have been using it. I was listening to some debate about this and that given employers may look at Facebook most people may want to change their name by the time they are 20. There are even companies setting up which, for a fee, will wipe out the things you would prefer not to appear.
I have mixed feelings about this, I feel a bit sorry for our young people because every mistake they make can end up in the public domain. Which of us has not done something stupid, but luckily for our generation it is known only to a few close friends, I can't imagine the horror of having my mistakes public knowledge. So I question employers who actually might be prepared to use this against someone, it seems very unforgiving.
God on the other hand has known our timeline since before we were born, every mistake, every secret is known to him - but far from use it against us, he lets us make our mistakes, continues to love us and gives us chance after chance to get it right. I know whose hands I would rather put my future into.
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