To my prayer warriors, I am pondering a decision that I would like you all to help me pray over. I have just way too many responsibilities in my life to keep up with everything so I am letting the stuff that robs me of my time go. I have given myself until Monday to decide what is going. My thoughts at this point are my blog and fb. I don't have time to keep up with my blog even though it has been... a wonderful asset to my child. I will deal with breaking the news to her at a later point and I am looking at giving up fb. I love all of you who keep me encouraged on a regular basis. I don't know how I will continue to h/s without your daily encouragement, but I have homeschooled many years without help and encouragement and I guess I can continue to do so without it. This isn't a decision I make lightly which is why I am asking you to all pray along beside me in it. I feel that if this is the right decision then I will be at peace with it in the end. To those of you who want to keep in touch with me message me and I will give you my email and phone numbers. Thanks Friends!
Oh no! I really enjoyed your blog, but I totally understand the time commitments. I wish you well and make sure that you keep around some encouraging friends. The devil likes to get us when we are alone. So protect yourself and have a support group!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much Brownie for your input. It is encouraging to know that there is someone following that is encouraged by our blog. I know that 2 are dedicated followers, but we talk by other means so the blog wouldn't be a huge loss to them I don't think. To know though that there is someone following that would feel the loss might be enough for me to not shut it down. Keep me in your prayers as I try to make this decision in where God wants me to go. You will know if I do shut down because I will post something about it before I do it.
DeleteKeep me in your prayers, Thanks!!!! :)
I know what you mean,and how you feel ...
ReplyDeleteKeep the prayers coming dear Friends!!!! This is such a difficult time and decision to make!!!
ReplyDeleteIf it's any help I was facebook free for 2 years after being seriously addicted, and survived. But it was a painful pruning.
ReplyDeleteBecause so many in my church were on facebook, when I closed my account, I also went clean out of their lives too. People just don't send emails when they can do one FB post and tell (almost) everyone. I was left out of events, news, and groups many a time because I was not facebooking, and I had become inconvenient. Much of this is due to the disfunction in my church and your situation may be different. I'm pretty isolated now due to my homeschooling, pro-life and conservatism in my very liberal church and other communities.
But as you are praying, ask God if His will is to eliminate it, or to guide you to a place of strictly monitoring and possibly severely minimizing your FB time. You are an effective blogger, and likely bring joy to others through FB.
Know too, that if His will is to prune this time, whatever you do in obedience, He will surely bless!
Sara,
DeleteThank so much for the words of encouragement. I do appreciate them! :)
I am still here. Still praying where God wants me to go in finding my time robbers. I am leaning toward not shutting down my blog as I have found through this experience that we seem to be touching others when I had no idea at all that we are encouraging to others. My activity might not be as much for a little bit, but will continue to hang here until others wise directed by God.
ReplyDeleteBoy does this sound illeterate. I guess I should have paid more attention to my grammar. LOL! Sorry about that everyone.
DeleteHave a great night. Busy and early day lies ahead of me tomorrow.
I am glad that you are thinking about keeping your blog.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for the encouragement!!
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