Okay, so in honor of school and all school related things, I de-activated my Facebook for approximately four days. I wanted to focus on my studies, and have no distractions. It worked. I wasn't too heart-broken to get rid of it, but it was pretty sad when my automatic response to getting on a computer was going on Facebook. How I see it is, there once was a time when phones didn't even exist, and people survived. Now we have phones, texting, emails, cell phones, Facebook, Twitter, instant messagers, fax, paging, etc. As much as all those are handy, convenient and come to great use, they also destroy valuable time. "You should read books more, and draw more," said my mother, and she's right! My New Years resolution is to spend less time presenting my life through cyberspace, and actually living it! It was funny to see how many calls I got the past few days, it's like I died or something just because I'm not on Facebook. There's nothing wrong with social networking, when it has it's limits. The lovely Lisa Fillmore explains the Facebook theory in this post, "Facebook or No Facebook, this is the question."She's got it down like funky town. So, we use it for good things like encouraging and connecting. But anytime ANYTHING becomes an idol, well it must be limited or cut off. Facebook, we will re-unite tomorrow. Christmas break is finally here! Wishing everybody a safe and happy holiday!But those who trust in idols, who say to images, "You are our gods," will be turned back in utter shame.
Isaiah 42:17
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