I am giving up Facebook.
I am giving up Facebook and am to begin blogging. What's the difference? Well, when I log onto the infamous social network I first look to see if there is a little red notification box on the top left corner. Then I move onto my news feed, scrolling all the way down to make sure I haven't missed anything. Following that, I look at pictures that have been uploaded. I am focusing on the lives of others. The lives they have chosen to share with the world wide web and anyone on it. The thing is, our attention needs to be refocused. It's nice and convenient to be informed of all 670 of my friends with one simple scroll of the mouse. However, the person I need to be most focused on isn't on Facebook. He has several hundred pages and groups, but I can't log on and start up a chat with him. He's not so much a person, but a being. He is the Father, the Almighty, maker of heaven and earth of all that is seen and unseen (Nicene Creed). Yea. Its God. But really, think about it. How much time do you spend on Facebook? On Yahoo? On Skype? On that one website you can spend hours on for no reason? (Mine is ModCloth). Think about it. Now, how much time to you spend praying? Talking to God? Reading the Bible? Honestly, the time I spend on any technological source is so much more than the amount of time I should be focusing on God. It's because of this that I have decided to integrate technology with God. I am giving up Facebook for lent to instead blog about my Lenten journey this season. In the process, my goal is to grow in my faith and my knowledge of it. Right now, I plan to post something everyday. Based on my failed past endeavors to keep a diary though, I am not sure how well that will work, but I will try my best. What's the harm in trying? There's no where to go but up, right? (Get it? Up, as in Heaven... haha... funny right?) So as of tomorrow, I will be away from the social utility that connects people with friends and instead connecting myself to the universal entity that connects people with Him. In documenting my journey and preparation, I hope I not only grow, but also influence others (you) who read this. Have a question? Let me know. Comments? Post them. Catholic? Great. Not? Awesome. Let's just see where these 40 days of blogging go. Amen.
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