Crazy Blissful Moments

Yesterday I got my first email from Facebook saying "Look what you've missed since you last logged in! You have 5 new messages and 6 new event invites" Thank you but no thank you. :) I'm quite enjoying my time without you. What is slightly disturbing to me is the amount of time I'm finding to do things I never have time for. It is entirely possible that all the "few minutes" I have spent daily checking up on Facebook actually add up to being a significant amount of time. Sometimes introspection really hurts. "Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily  entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us. Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfector of our faith, who for the joy (!!)  set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. Consider him who endured such ...

My first day out from Facebook and I'm noticing that I think in status updates .... it's oddly funny to me. Several times today I have caught myself documenting funny things my kids have said or things I have thought about... on Facebook... in my head.  Somehow without Facebook, I am finding I have waaay more witty and funny material than ever. This leads me to believe that either 1: I haven't been paying enough attention to real life or 2: I am actually allowing my brain to breathe which is causing so much blood flow that my brain is simply overstimulated- resulting in all kinds of epiphanies.  It's probably a little of both. The scripture I have been meditating on today is from Philippians 2:3, 4 "Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of others." The question I posed to myself today was this: Am I truly valuing others above m...

Yes, you heard me. I am taking a break. Not just any break, a break from social media. About a month ago, we got new phones-- we previously hadn't had cell phones for 5 years. We were happy that way, we loved the pace of life-- that we could go places and not be 'bothered' with the unimportant. We chose to return to the 21st century for many reasons... mostly for convenience sake. However, I gotta be honest. Since getting my new smart phone, (which can do so many neat things-- and is so helpful in organizing my chaotic life) I have found that I am consumed with this little thing called facebook. The facebook app was one of the very first things to go on my phone-- and I loved it. Until I realized how much time I was spending "checking up" on things. Holy moly. Its just so easy and quick and convenient and ..... seriously. It feels like a time sucking addiction. That's the long and short of it folks. This girl needs a break. In my bible time today I was r...