So I decided to give up Facebook. For six weeks, people! Now I hardly ever get on the computer for FB, but I had it on my phone. So I would check it first thing in the morning (baaad idea). I would check it at stoplights. I would check it while bathing the kids. All in all, I guess it had become an addiction of sorts. So time to break that habit and spend more time with God!
Here are some things I have learned in my journey: (which is about 1/2 way over today, I just realized.)
I am not the most important person on FB! I'm sure you already knew that. But since I did leave my e-mail settings on for messages (just in case someone didn't get the memo I was off and NEEDED to get in touch with me!) I have received ONE message notification in three weeks! ha!
It is okay to not know what is going on EVERY single second of EVERY single day with EVERY single of my 450ish friends. (I would check the exact number, but ya know...)
It is actually quite peacful to be away for a while.
And last but not least, anything I need before my relationship with God is NOT good. Now I am certainly not saying FB is bad. I have been able to keep in touch with family and friends that I never would keep in contact with otherwise. But do I really need to know what that random person I met at youth camp 15 years ago is doing?
So all in all, my fast has been productive and eye-opening. Will I go back and check it after Easter? Probably so, but it will definitely be a different priority in my life. Like a very low one.
So what did my husband give up for Lent, you ask? Coffee!!! Who said the whole house had to suffer for one person's sacrifice? Just kidding, it hasn't been all that bad.
Do you celebrate Lent? If so, what did you give up?
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