Buttons 'N' Woodenspoons
• Jun. 23, 2009 - VBS, Psalm 144:12, Rome, Tang-y Tang, and Quietness
I made it through my week of no telephone, computer or radio! There were about three people who thought that I just would not be able to give up those things for a whole week (someone even called it sever!)--but I proved them wrong. There were a couple of times I goofed....I wanted to show dad something on the Internet that I thought he would enjoy, and without a second thought was on the site and showing it to him! After everyone left the computer it dawned on me that I was using the computer! Good cow! How easily I slip back into routine! The second time was when we were on our way to go strawberry picking. Mom wanted to know how much farther we had to go down a certain road until we got there, so she asked me to call the business and find out....again, without even thinking about it, I was on the phone and off before I realized I had used something that I said was staying away from!
Aside from my two mistakes, everything went well. I learned two things 1) that I don't know where I fit computer and phone time in, and 2) that I need to gain a very important fruit of the spirit: patience.
I found it very interesting that throughout my week of no computer, phone and radio I noticed a huge area in my life that I need to work on. My reason for staying away from these things was so that I could give more time to God, and it worked! He showed me that I need to have more patience with life--and especially my brothers and sisters. Too often I ignore the littles when the are trying to tell me something about a bee landing on a flower in the cemetery, or asking for a drink of water, or wanting to play 'ring-around-the-rosey'. "After all," I think "I don't have time to do this stuff!" I realized that I was giving other things more thought that the people I love most. I'm very thankful that I took the time out to re-focus. God is good!
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• Jun. 27, 2009 - Way to go!
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