Kicking the habit, social media and Siri as our BFF!

I fasted last Friday, only I didn't fast food... I did something much worse, I fasted my smartphones ability to use social media. It's funny how our smart phones are making us dumb. You see as technology get more technical and advances it really leaves us no room to have to think anymore.

Don't believe me, just as Siri, she knows everything. It's sad but siri probally communicates more with it's owner than any other human being. My husband doesn't want to join the social media revolution and it wasn't ever more clear to him it was last week. At a youth workers conference, he sat through studies and workshop as people sat there with their phone glued to their lap, aftaid to miss a tweet, post or instagram picture.

To him he didn't get it, but to me I did. "all things lawful, but all things are not helpful" the bible says. I think social media is good for ministry, good for distant family, advertising etc. but the truth is , to much of it is replacing healthy relationships, become an idol and robbing us of time and blessings.

Friday,  I realized that when I have my nose buried in that phone I am missing the moments I will never get back, the moments of watching my boys play, grow and well be kids. I left my phone on the charger and when I had the urge to pick it up I picked up my bilble. Even if it was only enough to time to read one scripture.

I'm sitting here at Starbucks right now writing watching people meet for coffee and the conversations are in between the phone texting. You don't think you have a problem, try fasting from it, and see if that's truth. It revealed wonders to me.

In other healthy/unhealthy news I am on 9 days of no diet drinks and artificial sweeteners and I have to tell you the detox process wasn't so bad. I do feel much better and hydrated due to more water. May God help us to get healthier in the new year, more to come on that later!