A friend kept me accountable and I cut the cord.
I was withdrawn, I felt lost.
During out time overseas, it was my lifeline to keeping connected with friends and family. But it had become my addiction. I admit it. I wasted so much time with my family.
I was involved in other people's drama when it wasn't my business.
I was mentally judging others.
I was playing the comparison game, that can steal my joy or kill your identity in Christ.
I was also guilty of boasting in myself.
The first moment that I wanted to post after the purge was an activity that I had done with my family...then I realized that often times I only did that to show a happy, fun family doing fun things. That is pride.
Since that time, I have found more time for God's Word, my precious children, and things that truly fill our lives with happiness.
"Did you see that on Facebook?" I can honestly say no.
I needed rest from the drama and futility that I found myself in.
Jesus rested. I needed to rest. I was running around in circles trying to keep up.
My devotion a week after I deleted my Facebook page was about rest. Confirmation.
And He said to them, “Come away by yourselves to a secluded place and rest a while.” (For there were many people coming and going, and they did not even have time to eat.) They went away in the boat to a secluded place by themselves. Mark 6:31-32
Do I think that having Facebook is sinful? NO. Do I condemn those that have it? No. For me, in this season of life...I am clinging to rest. It's crazy how much my mind was overwhelmed and absorbed with the virtual lives of others instead of embracing and cherishing the life that I have have under the roof of my home.
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