Not of this world.

I had something very sad happen today.  It made me realize how easy it is to allow things of this world to come in and effect us.  Makes things that should bother us not seem that big of a deal.  Then when we get called out on them we become defensive and and full of excuses.  A little while back, I found a dear friend of mine on Facebook.  I had been trying to locate him for years and I finally found him.  We found out that he was a pastor now but we didn't talk a whole lot but it was just nice to know where he and his wife were.  We had been really close to he and his wife when we were first married and spent a lot of time together.  This morning I got on FB and there was somthing really offensive on her wall.  I didn't even know what to think and needless to say I deleted her as a friend.  I have made the decision that if anyone I have as a friend posts something offensive or any of their friends I will have to block them because I don't want it showing up on my wall. I then scrolled down and he also had somthing on his wall that I felt was inappropriate.  Especially for someone stating to serve Christ and someone who serves as a pastor.  I did say somthing on his wall.  Not much but I did express my shock and disappointment.  I later got a message from him that felt like a scolding.  Excuse after excuse, telling me who Jesus was around when he was on this earth etc.  My heart broke.  He did appologize for offending me but then came the infamous "but".  It gave me a taste of what I am stepping into.  A world that hates me and what I stand for.  A world that looks at me as a prude, judmental and a goody toshoes.  That suddenly someone I thought would be like minded with me points at me and says basically "you aren't perfect."  I never will claim to be perfect, I won't be perfect as long as I am on the world but I must be striving for it.  If I do somthing I shouldn't and believe me I do, I hope I will get called out on it.  I need to be held accountable for it.  He posted somthing on his wall and he mentioned "for those of you that know me, you know I never ment to offend anyone."  Well shouldn't we also want to make sure that those that DON"T really know us can see what we stand for and see Christ when they look at us?