A Little Experiment

I was reading something the other day, and conviction hit pretty hard.  Rosalind Goforth, a missionary to Ch*na, in the early 1900's said how convicted she was by how much time she wasted reading things other than the Word of God.  Ouch, I thought.  In our society, we have email, cell phones, TV, movies, Facebook, Twitter, blogs, iPads/Pods/Peeds/Puds..."I wonder," I thought, "if we stopped all of this, or as much as possible for a month, and actually delved into the Word...what would happen?"

I homeschool my kiddos because I want to disciple them, teach them, love them, nurture them, encourage them, watch them grow in Him.  I thought to myself, "How much time do they see me wasting in front of my computer?  How often do they see me checking friends' blogs?  How often have they come to me when I am typing up an email, and I get frustrated?"  This was painful, folks.  I love blogging...I love checking out sweet photos of friends' kids...making friends with people across the country in similar situations...but am I neglecting my God-given priorities and duties?  PLEASE, please don't get me wrong...I am not trying to point fingers at anyone but myself here.  I know that there are homeschooling (and non-homeschooling) mamas that can bake their own bread, raise chickens and cows, have a full-fledged garden, disciple their kids, run a business, be an amazing wife, keep a clean house, do all the laundry, bake amazing meals all from scratch...all while doing Facebook, Twitter, blogs, email, texting - probably ALL at the same time.  But that just isn't me.  Plus, I am a little bit concerned that we are becoming a "Facebook Society"...within the church...1,716 "friends" that we know about 1/4 of an inch deep.  Folks, this is aimed at me here...I just felt like I wanted to give you guys an explanation for a lack of posting over the next month (and the lack of comments on my friends' blogs :-)  We will see...I really, really want to see what happens here because my days are SO full right now, and things are falling off my plate (like my intense quiet times before the Throne)...I don't want to neglect my precious quiet times with my Savior.

So, I am going to try something that is going to be pretty hard for me.  I am going to quit checking blogs and posting (I don't have texting or Facebook or Twitter, just in case you were thinking..."Hm, I bet she will just spend that time on Facebook :-)")...just for a month....and focus.  Focus on Him more.  Focus on the Word more.  And focus on them....

Because life is short.  They grow up fast.  And I have to remember that life is about the One I follow...not the blogs I follow or how many follow my blog.  "See" you guys in a month!