Facebook fast….

IT’S BEEN 41 DAYS SINCE I’VE BEEN ON MY FACEBOOK PAGE.

I can’t believe it.  It seems like forever.  This last week may be the worst yet.  I keep thinking I’ll never make it until Saturday.

I’m not waiting until Sunday because I expect to have to spend some time cleaning up and catching up on all the news.  I won’t have time for that on Easter Sunday.  Easter Sunday is for worshipping the Risen One, alone!

I have learned to do some different things with my time, though.  I’ve called friends on the telephone or texted or sent them an email.  I’ve had real conversations with my husband and my daughter.  I’ve been attentive to the Words With Friends games.  I’ve put up more blog posts

But in reality I think I have learned that I’m not as addicted to Facebook as I thought.  I haven’t really been wasting any more time on Facebook than I waste anywhere else.

And what is wasted time really?  For me, time spent in the frutherance of God’s Kingdom is the most productive.  It’s the only thing that will have eternal value.   And Facebook can hinder or help that goal.

When I first started using Facebook several years ago it was initially to keep tabs on my young teenage daughter.  It very quickly became a way to connect and re-connect with my own friends.  And then I began to see it as a ministry tool.  A way to proclaim the glory of the gospel.  A way to encourage people with the hope of God and the love of Jesus.

Like any other good thing in the world, Satan will attempt to turn it to bad.  I can easily be distracted by bright shiny objects and other people’s supposed “high” lives.  You know the people who seem to always be in a good mood.  The ones who seem to be traveling to exotic places and posting pictures from exciting vacations.  I can become envious of their apparent good fortune.  There’s been a good bit written lately about how we can put on our “facebook” mask and pretend everything is good in our world, when in reality sometimes life just stinks.

So when I return to Facebook I want to continue proclaiming God’s glory.  But I want to prayerfully avoid lusting after other people’s life.  I want to rejoice with those who rejoice and weep with those who weep (Rom 12:15).

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