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YOUNG PEOPLE ASK
Do Manners Really Matter?
Are they just old fashioned or are they relevant today?
What Should I Know About Texting?
What Young People Say About Cell Phones
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THE CHALLENGE
You are talking face-to-face with a friend when you receive a text message. What should you do?
A. Read the text message while still talking to your friend.
B. Say “excuse me” to your friend and read the text message.
C. Ignore the text message and keep talking to your friend.
Does it matter which option you choose? The answer is yes!
WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW
Texting one friend while talking to another is like playing your favorite sport without adhering to the rules of the game. ‘But these are my friends,’
you might say. All the more reason to be mannerly. Not that you have to become straitlaced and formal. But here is a fact of life: If you are unmannerly with your friends, sooner or later they will no longer be your friends.
Why is that so? Because people do not like to be treated rudely. A young woman named Beth says, “It’s annoying when I’m talking to a friend who keeps checking her phone as if she’s waiting for something better to happen!” How long do you think Beth will tolerate having a friend like that?
Considering your cell-phone manners, look back at the scenario under “The Challenge.” Which option seems best to you? Likely, you realize that Option A
is unmannerly. But what about Options
B and C? Is it rude for you to interrupt a conversation just to check a text message? Or is it rude for you to ignore a text message just to continue a conversation?
As you can see, manners can get complicated. But the Bible can help. It says: “Just as you want men to do to you, do the same way to them.” (Luke 6:31 ) You can apply that advice to texting. How?
WHAT YOU CAN DO
Text only at appropriate times.
“Sometimes I receive a text message really late at night,” says a young man named Richard. “It’s not even for anything important, and it disturbs my sleep!” Ask yourself, ‘Do I text people at times when they might be resting?’
—Bible principle: Ecclesiastes 3:1 .
Check your tone. Communication is carried by words, voice inflection, facial expression, and body language. Unfortunately, most of those elements are missing when you text. So how can you compensate? “Use common courtesy,” suggests a young woman named Jasmine. “Ask, ‘How are you?’ and use words like ‘please’ and ‘thank you.’”—Bible principle: Colossians 4:6 .
Be discerning. Look again at the scenario under “The Challenge.” If you are expecting an important message, it might be necessary to excuse yourself from a conversation. Often, though, the message can wait. “Your phone will still be there when your friend has finished talking,” says 17-year-old Amy, “but your friend may not be there when you finish texting.” You can use similar discernment when at a gathering. “Don’t text the whole time,” says 18-year-old Jane. “That tells people, ‘I don’t care about your company; I’d rather be somewhere else.’”
Think before you hit the send button.
Might your text message be misunderstood? Would emoticons help convey the right feeling? “If you’re joking about something, put a smiley face there,” says 21-year-old Amber. “People get their feelings hurt—and fights can even start—because they take a lighthearted remark to be serious.” —Bible principle: Proverbs 12:18 .
Clearly, your cell-phone manners really matter!
To think about: Good manners are based on love. How is that quality displayed? The Bible states: “Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous. It does not brag, does not get puffed up, does not behave indecently, does not look for its own interests, does not become provoked.” (1 Corinthians 13:4, 5 ) Which aspect of love do you
need to work on?
KEY SCRIPTURES
“There is an appointed time for everything.”— Ecclesiastes 3:1 .
“Let your words always be gracious, seasoned with salt.”—
Colossians 4:6 .
“Thoughtless speech is like the stabs of a sword.”— Proverbs 12:18 .
ELENA
“Young people tend to be risqué in their texts, thinking that they aren’t actually saying the words. Really, off-color language shouldn’t be part of any form of conversation—texting or otherwise.”
EVAN
“Since you’re not right in front of the person you’re texting, you might let your guard down and say something hurtful. If you wouldn’t say it in person, don’t say it in a text.”

13/06/2020

Monday, June 8
Seek meekness.​— Zeph. 2:3 .
Just as an artist combines a number of appealing colors to produce a painting, we must combine a number of appealing qualities to be meek. Prominent among those qualities are humility, submissiveness, mildness, and inner strength. Only humble people will submit to God’s will. Part of God’s will is that we be mild. (Matt. 5:5; Gal. 5:23 ) When we do God’s will, we make Satan furious. So even though we are humble and mild, many people who are part of Satan’s world hate us. ( John 15:18, 19 ) As a result, we need inner strength to resist Satan. The opposite of a meek person is someone who is haughty, shows uncontrolled anger, and does not obey Jehovah. That describes Satan perfectly. No wonder he hates meek people! They expose the flaws in his personality. And even worse for Satan, they prove that he is a liar. Why? Because no matter what he says or does, he cannot stop meek people from serving Jehovah!​— Job 2:3-5 .

11/06/2020

Saturday, June 6
Can a woman forget her nursing child or have no compassion for the son of her womb? Even if these women forget, I would never forget you.​— Isa. 49:15 .
The first two of the Ten Commandments required that the Israelites devote themselves exclusively to Jehovah and warned against the worship of idols. (Ex. 20:3-6 ) Those commandments were not for Jehovah’s benefit. Rather, they were for the benefit of his people. When they worshipped the gods of other nations, they suffered. By contrast, Jehovah blessed his people when they were loyal to him and treated one another justly. (1 Ki. 10:4-9 ) Jehovah is not to blame when those who claim to serve him ignore his standards and harm his people. However, Jehovah loves us and knows when we suffer injustice. He feels our pain more keenly than a mother feels the suffering of her baby. Although he may not intervene immediately, in due time he will hold unrepentant wrongdoers to account for the way they have treated others.

05/06/2020

Friday, June 5
During all their distress it was distressing to him.​— Isa. 63:9 .
Jehovah does more than just feel compassion for his servants who suffer. He takes action to help them. For example, when the Israelites were suffering as slaves in Egypt, Jehovah understood their pain and felt moved to relieve it. Jehovah said to Moses: “I have certainly seen the affliction of my people . . . , and I have heard their outcry . . . I well know the pains they suffer. I will go down to rescue them out of the hand of the Egyptians.” (Ex. 3:7, 8 ) Because Jehovah felt compassion for his people, he freed them from slavery. Centuries later, in the Promised Land, the Israelites faced enemy attacks. How did Jehovah respond? He “was moved to pity over their groaning caused by those who oppressed them and those who were treating them abusively.” Again, empathy moved Jehovah to help his people. He sent judges to save the Israelites from their enemies.​— Judg. 2:16, 18 .

04/06/2020

Thursday, June 4
As for the tree of the knowledge of good and bad, you must not eat from it.​— Gen. 2:17 .
Upon reading Jehovah’s command to Adam, many today would say that Adam was denied the freedom to do what he wanted. In saying so, they are confusing the exercise of one’s free will with the right to decide what is good and what is bad. Adam and Eve did have the freedom to choose whether they would obey God or not. However, only Jehovah has the right to decide in the absolute sense what is good and what is bad, as symbolized by “the tree of the knowledge of good and bad” in the garden of Eden. (Gen. 2:9 ) By means of his command, Jehovah lovingly taught Adam and Eve the way to exercise true freedom. As it turned out, our first parents chose to disobey. Did Adam and Eve’s choice eventually enhance their freedom in any way? Sadly, it did not. In striving for self-determination, they lost the true freedom they had been given.

03/06/2020

Wednesday, June 3
Be courageous and strong. Do not be struck with terror or fear, for Jehovah your God is with you wherever you go.​— Josh. 1:9 .
What reassuring encouragement Jehovah gave Joshua before settling His people in the Promised Land! Not only did Jehovah encourage individuals but he also gave words of encouragement to his people as a group. In prophetic terms this would prove to be of comfort to the Jews held captive in Babylon, Jehovah stated: “Do not be afraid, for I am with you. Do not be anxious, for I am your God. I will fortify you, yes, I will help you, I will really hold on to you with my right hand of righteousness.” (Isa. 41:10 ) The early Christians had the same assurance, and so do God’s people today. ( 2 Cor. 1:3, 4 ) Jesus himself received encouragement from his Father. At his baptism, Jesus heard a voice from heaven say: “This is my Son, the beloved, whom I have approved.” (Matt. 3:17 ) How those words must have strengthened Jesus throughout his earthly ministry!