Rescue Time!

Conviction: Too much time on Facebook, not enough time writing and thinking about what matters.  I realized it because I resisted the conviction.

Sure, a lot can be said in 160 characters (Twitter), and there is a place for FB, but somehow FB has become a "time sinkhole".  No offense, there were plenty of great posts: Songs and funny pictures from great folks, but I have to admit, my closest friends just aren't spending a lot of time there, and a lot of the posts are well, just not where I am going.

Am I a laggard?  many people left FB a long time ago. They left their accounts up, but they don't really hang out there. Its just a channel of communication if needed. So like them, I'm not leaving, just putting FB on the shelf.

FB became a habit, kinda like chewing tobacco or smoking or that warm cup of coffee in the morning. I'm not giving up my coffee, but I have to spend more time on the things that matter more. Here are some thoughts from a recent sermon by my buddy BJ Bungard in a sermon called "Family Time".

1. Rescue Time from all the little leaks and distractions
2. In 100 Years the only thing that will matter is that you know God
3. What is the one really important thing I can do for your Kingdom today? 

Working through that sermon in our LifeGroup it occurred to me why its hard to realize our time is limited:  Because we worry instead of follow the Spirit, consume instead of care and ruminate instead of meditate. "Ruminate" means to compulsively focus attention on symptoms of distress and possible consequences as opposed to its solutions.  Ruminate is similar to "worry", except looking backwards instead of forwards, not something I don't want to do.

The "Big Kahuna" question from a LifeGroup study guide was this: "What do the most important people in my life need from me?" I thought, since I can't give them what I don't have, I need to have an authentic epiphany and humility before God that glorifies Him.  A big piece of that will come from saying "I'm sorry", or inwardly saying "I surrender".

Moving back to the blog lets me say what needs to be said, and by linking that to twitter and Facebook, it should be visible to just about anyone who cares to read. See you in 100 years?