Ready to Unplug

Thanks to our church who had honored my husband and I with a trip to San Francisco to defrag after an especially busy season in our life, we get to disconnect from the daily grind, cell phones, emails and FACEBOOK! And we get to enjoy God's creation, each other and some much needed peace.

The thing is this is not going to be the "Normal" in my life, at least LORD I pray it is not!

I feel all too often being OVER connected to the world is not in anyway healthy! Yes I Facebook practically everyday, and I tweet, text all that jazz, but yesterday I realized how often I really rely on it. My internet was down and then my phone wasn't being as smart as it claims to be (mind you it is/ I still think it's amazing phones have touch screens, when 16 years ago I was using a ROTARY HOME PHONE!) LOL So I could not check messages on Facebook or Twitter and I could not access the internet, and this stressed me out....WHY?? I should be glad to disconnect and enjoy some beauty around me once in awhile. The hard part recently has been most contacts I get for our ministry and life is through these means! So if I am not connected someone could very well need help (with For the Broken). This is where I have to realize I am not God, and I can't be every where for everyone at ALL times! I pray that when moments like this happen God intervenes on peoples lives who are in desperate need for help. I don't want to lose anyone in the cracks but I also have to be strong myself in order to help others in a healthy way.

So I think it's time to step away especially this weekend and enjoy my Husband, and when I come back home learn completely how to balance this in my life.

Another thing I want to talk about soon. Phone etiquette and what that looks like! Too many times I get frustrated when I see people blatantly use their phones while in a conversation with someone, it is sooo incredibly rude, there really should be classes taught on this subject!