Break Fast

No, this post isn't about my Frosted Flakes, which I love. It's about my fast. The reason I haven't been on the internet for a whole week. I decided this time last week to fast from the internet for a whole week. I had become addicted. I was spending way too much time on here and not enough time with my husband and child and most importantly, God. (Thanks to my husband for making me realize this by the way.) So I gave it up for a whole week. The first day was so hard. I kept thinking about the blogs I was missing, or the facebook comments I wouldn't be able to reply to right away. But I got through it. And, I have to say, this was an incredible week. I spent the time I would have been on the internet praying, studying, cleaning, and playing. We went outside. The weather was awesome so we raised the windows and cut the air off. My favorite day was Tuesday. It rained all day and the sound was so soothing.

I started a new Bible study at church called Victoriously Frazzled. I really didn't think it would apply to me, but boy has it!!! The day after I decided to fast, my daily study was called "Time Management"! Talk about affirmation!

This week has been even more amazing. It's been hard though. God has really been calling me to trust Him. I thought I did trust Him, but I found out that when control is taken away from me, I have a really hard time. You know how when God is trying to teach you something and that "lesson" turns up everywhere? In your daily quiet time, at church in the music, the sermon, the Sunday school lesson, etc. Well, that's happened to me today. I'm really starting to see what it means to truly surrender all to God. I thought I knew, but I didn't. Or maybe I did, but it was all I was capable of at that point in my life and now God wants me to go deeper. I just know I'm in the middle of a huge turning point in my relationship with God and I'm excited and terrified all at the same time.

Anyway, now I'm back. But I'm going to work at limiting my time on the internet. I can't let it dictate my thoughts and actions like it was before. Tonight has been hard since I had tons of emails and blogs and stuff to wade through. And I'm not really going to check it all tonight. I've dealt with the stuff that needed to be dealt with tonight. I figure the rest I can catch up on as I have time.

This was also week 3 in our family emphasis. Tonight was "Meet a Family" night. We were supposed to invite a family over that we haven't had a chance to get to know very well yet. It went very well. We invited our multimedia tech and his wife and 2 kids, one of which is in my Sunday school class. Shaun grilled some BBQ chicken and I fixed some sweet green beans, mashed potatoes, mac and cheese, and rolls. Afterwards, we showed them how to play the Wii. It was a great time of fellowship!