facebook fast

I spent the last 30 days doing a facebook fast...

It all started one day when I got up extra early in the morning to spend some time with the Lord and my husband before Noah woke up.  I really wanted to give the first part of my day to the Lord, and to connect with Him before my day got away from me.  But for some reason I couldn't, I wanted to do anything other than spending time with the Lord.  I got on facebook to kill some time and busy myself while I put the Lord off a little longer. 

And then God told me that I was putting facebook before Him, and that I should take a 30 day fast from facebook to get my priorities straight.  For a couple minutes I debated on obeying.  I really didn't want to.  I worried about what fun news and events I would miss out on by not being on facebook.  But having recently regretted ignoring a few promptings of the Lord, I resolved for myself to obey.  So I made a public post on facebook saying that I was fasting for 30 days, probably to have accountability and to have to actually follow through with action.

I really enjoyed this fast!  The longer it went on, the less I missed facebook.  In the beginning I would still think of statuses that I wanted to post.  In the beginning it took restraint when I was bored not to hop on facebook and people stalk.  But as time went on I felt refreshed.  I tend to struggle with gossip, and I've come to realize that facebook is additional fuel for the fire of my gossiping.

So I really enjoyed my month without facebook.  I enjoyed having one less distraction that keeps me from spending time with the Lord. 

I don't think that facebook is bad, or necessarily even bad for me.  In fact, I think that there is lots of good stuff that has resulted from me being on facebook... particularly being able to connect with and stay in touch with family and friends all over the globe. 

It was a refreshing month though.  I think it was the perfect catalyst to encourage me to spend a little less time on the computer, and hopefully a little more time in the presence of the Lord.

1 Corinthians 10:31 So whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God.