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Without further ado, here it is (please laugh at the appropriate times!):
After camp ended Wednesday, we came home exhausted. Camp was awesome and several kids accepted Jesus into their hearts for the first time! We couldn't possibly ask for more! While my kids were off relaxing, I logged onto my facebook account...
Get ready -- this is the ironic part where you get to laugh at me. It's okay. I'm tough. I can take it.
...to post on Nathan's wall how proud of him I was.
photo © 2010 Asthma Helper | more info (via: Wylio)YEP! My kid was upstairs in his bedroom and rather than climb the stairs to talk face to face, I chose to post it on his wall. Duh!
Except... His wall wasn't there.
You see, during camp, God showed Nathan the value of friendships. He showed Nathan how distracting facebook can be. You know how it is: the phone buzzes or the email dings -- whatever -- and like moths to flame, we are drawn to see who said what. Then we get sucked into the abyss -- lost on facebook for hours. No food. No bathroom breaks.
I yelled up the stairs, "Hey Nathe, what's wrong with your facebook page?" (You may laugh again -- I still did not share my compliments with him.)
He came downstairs, light-hearted. "Oh, I deleted it." Like it was no big deal. Seriously!
WHATTTTT?????
He clearly interpreted my surprise and added, "Mom, facebook has been eating up my time, keeping me from doing school well, practicing piano, or even watching movies with the family. I was way too caught up in it and God has bigger plans for my life. Besides, I can text with all my real friends whenever I want."
WHOA!!!
How about you? Does facebook steal your time? Is it keeping you from God's best plan for your life? Is it keeping you from real relationships with people you know and love?
I'm not attacking facebook here. But, I am learning from this wonderful young man that life is short. It's precious. Friendships are real. They should be treasured. And maybe, just maybe, facebook is getting in the way of that. If a TEENAGER can walk away from facebook, maybe some of the rest of us should too! (I'm still undecided, by the way... but I am building in some firmer boundaries.)
Lots of love!
7 comments:
Thanks for sharing your son's heart with us. I haven't used Facebook, because I know it would be such a distraction for me. I applaud your son for not only listening to God's whisper, but for taking action to do His will. Excellent!
Happy Saturday! ☺
Thanks!
Happy Saturday to you, Larri. And everyone.
Turn off that computer, get outside and enjoy the day! :D
Oh...I love this! Such great conviction for such a young man! Wish us adults could "get it". Facebook was "eating up my time"...but now I can say I am hardly on it....I am on my blog instead. Not conviction...just "The Great Exchange". Lol Sad, I know.
Oh...I love this! Such great conviction for such a young man! Wish us adults could "get it". Facebook was "eating up my time"...but now I can say I am hardly on it....I am on my blog instead. Not conviction...just "The Great Exchange". Lol Sad, I know.
Nathan's the second young person I've known who has gotten off FB this summer ... maybe cause parents are on it?? haha. But I completely agree .. it can easily be a time-waster and distraction. I've been off it - for the most part - all of July. And haven't really missed it! Way to go, Nathan.
Wow!! That is so great that he had that realization. I am a FB junkie, but I have connected with people on there that I would not have connected with from my past without it, so I guess I will have to remain a junkie.
I had a pastor's wife say that we need to get off Facebook and get our face in THE BOOK! She's right. I love FB because I can stay connected with out of state family and high school friends, but it can be quite distracting.
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