Facebook Fasting

OK - so a couple of weeks ago I decided to take a break from Facebook until Easter. During this time, I am focusing more on my prayer life and even memorizing the Apostles Creed. I am still working on Facebook for the church. I have created a Grace Church Fan Page so communication and advertising for the church will be a little bit easier. I have also started to use twitter more. You can click here to follow me. So that leaves the question of what is the reason for placing facebook on the shelf for a time being? That is a really good question and I will answer right now. Here is what I am not doing on Facebook: reading my friends profiles, reading and responding to updates on my phone, searching for new friends, playing any games (I really did not do this to begin with), sending any messages unless it absolutely necessary and is related to the church, and  organizing my profile. I am completely amazed at the time that has been freed up by taking this step.

So, you may be thinking about fasting from something the last half of Lent. I think that is a good thing but I challenge you do take it a step further - for that what you eliminated, replace it with a spiritual discipline like; reading the Bible, extended prayer, memorizing, or even solitude. I still struggle with memorization so that is what I decided to do: memorize the Apostles Creed and also memorize a scripture each week. My prayer is that the Lord will continue to work on my heart. That is my prayer for you right now.