First Day Without Facebook

Well I am new to this whole Blogging thing, I generally feel like people would not be interested in anything I have really going on in my head. Last night I declared that I was not going to be on Facebook for the 40 days of the Lenten season. Some would say, "You are not Catholic, why are you doing this?"

It is quite simple actually, Lent is a time to reflect on your relationship with God/Jesus and to give up something that takes away from that. When I did go to a Catholic church I admit I gave up Mexican Food for my first lent. LAME!!!! Seriously was it that hard to give up Mexican food, did it really take away from my relationship with my Lord and Savior? Not so much!

Today is day one without Facebook. I do still get e-mails from Facebook and I did not deactivate my account. I am allowing myself to read the e-mails but I am not logging on. I have at so many points had something pop in to my head today that I wanted to share but haven't allowed myself to do so. This is going to be a GREAT 40 days I think! I did exactly what I set out to do and read my Bible. I decided to read the book of Esther. WOW!! I loved it! Totally filled me up today and I so badly wanted to share what I had revealed to me on Facebook but couldn't! I have been told that I talk about God and Jesus too much on my page anyway. To that, PPFFFFTTTT! Whatever, it is my page.

Back to Esther! Oh my gosh, I love that her Uncle/Guardian who had been promoted to high position in the King's court declared a Holiday  because they had been saved from the army, because Esther requested that her husband the King call the attacks off .  The people were to exchange gifts and give to the poor in recognition of their being saved from annihilation. It totally made me view Christmas in a whole new light. Jesus was sent here to save us from Satan's armies, so why not exchange gifts and give to the poor to celebrate our Savior's birth. It totally has changed my entire perspective of buying gifts at Christmas. I love it! God will save his people from the enemy every time, we just have to have Faith. His Grace is sufficient.

I also loved that Esther was an amazing wife, and respected her husband. She always presented herself a lady and that is why she was Queen, as opposed to one of the other virgins that were presented to him.  She also respected his place of authority and never used her position as his favorite, to force him in to anything. How many times do we as wives try to force our husbands hand at something. I know I am guilty of it.  She was such an example of what a wife should be, powerful yet submissive. Not a doormat, but she knew her husband is the leader in the house.

I am so grateful to God for moving to me to read that chapter this morning. It just completely filled me today and I have to say I was in a much better mood than I would have been had I gone on to Facebook and probably heard about something else.  What I also noticed today was that I was sooooooo able to stay focused on my salvation today. I am by no means saying that Facebook is evil or anything like but it is soooo distracting. I have also had real conversations with people today over the phone. Poor Fredia she was on the phone with me for an hour and a half. HA HA! Love her so much!

You know the other cool thing about this blog is that I can post on here about stuff and go a bit more in depth than I would on Facebook. My hubby is battling Psoriatic Arthritis right now. He finally is going to the doctor today but he has to go to a new primary care physician because God was faithful and we did not even know that he had really good coverage through his job. WOW Right?! I know! So today is the first step to him getting a bit of relief from this pain. It is so hard to watch him in the mornings. He literally can barely make it down the stairs in the morning. I pray that God will guide the Physicians hands and give him the treatment that will work. My hubby has been such a trooper about this, the pain has been really bad for a while and he wouldn't complain. I almost wish he had because it explains so much that has happened over the past year.

Well I don't have any big political commentary to add today since I really have not watched or read any news. I will say this though, Charlie Sheen is an idiot! Actually he is not, he is an addict that has completely lost it. I feel so bad for his children and his ex-wives. You know if he is ranting at the camera the way he is, he is ranting at the exes too.

I am also opening this up to prayer requests. I love praying for people so if you have one please add it.

Lots o Love!