To live in a world with no facebook, texting, or even electricity…
I wonder what it would have been to live in a world where these things didn’t exist. The privilege of not being able to communicate to someone within seconds. What would this have looked like? Would I be spending more time with the Lord? I think I might have enjoyed it so much more. Maybe because it would be easier…… But the Lord challenges us in situations so that we might grow. And I live in a world that is consumed with all the ways to communicate. Where distractions seem to be so much more prevalent. Where time with the Lord needs to be put in front of all these new ways to gain our attention.
There are so many things that scream for our attention and this is just one of those things…
These past few months I have given into the screaming. Facebook was to be checked every time I got home, even after I was at work checking it. I spent time texting people in important conversations that would get so miscommunicated. As much as I love all these aspects of communication, I hated it. And the most important thing that I should be doing was put on the back burner. I was forgetting the Lord. I desire to grow and change in the Lord but it wasn’t happening. I knew something had to change.
So I took it all away….
No more facebook, no more texting, no more useless TV watching. At first I called it an Electronics Fast but when I couldn’t do that justice I changed it to a Distraction Fast. And I have been discovering what this fast looks like.
What are these distractions that are keeping me from the Lord?
How am I to combat them when they are screaming at me everyday?
I am currently on Week Three. It has been a slow growth but still growth all the more. It has been a time of giving in or letting go. But I am sticking in there. Honestly I have enjoyed it. There are many things that I have been doing that I have missed. My goal is to do this for the month of June and July. Although that is a lot, I have been taught to take it one week at a time. I know that I can’t overwhelm myself all at once.
So what has the Lord been teaching me lately?
I have been working on letting things go and to be slow to anger. Life can be frustrating and especially when I am on the World Race. This is an area of my life that I must work on. It is kind of a funny story because right after I prayed for this I was tested. The Lord tested my true desire to work on this area of my life. But……I failed. Yet I still am praying to be slow to anger. I am still praying to be more like Jesus.
I invite you to ask these same questions because if you Delight yourself in the LORD, he will give you the desires of your heart. Psalm 37:4
—————————–Side Note: I have talked to several of you who have mentioned that you have been reading my blog! I would like to say THANKS cause it means a lot!Love, Love V
