I know most people think I'm crazy to "unplug" from the outside world. My husband got home today from being gone over 2 weeks. He's not sold on the idea either! What amazes me is how quickly I've let go of the urge to turn on the tube in the morning. I used to turn it on first thing every morning, like it was my friend or something! I do still want to pick up my computer fairly often.
I was chatting with one of my besties last night and she really pegged how I was feeling and what my impulse was. I was really exhausted (something that happens when you turn off the tube and get moving) and my first impulse was to turn on the tube or get on the net to just zone out on trash. I can't believe how many years I have done this. It's mind boggling how much sleep I have missed out on too. I'm not saying I'll never do this again or that this is a horrible thing. It's just for me, this is not the way I want to live anymore. Now that I see it, I am choosing to change it.
One of the best things that has come from this new quiet way of living is the time my 15 yr old son is spending around his mom and his baby sister. We have had really great conversations this week. He has shared that so often I didn't hear what he was saying to me. This breaks my heart that I put my computer and TV before my son. I also put these things before my God and Savior. In some ways it's like I was deaf and blind before and now I see.
This is just my journey and the "idols" in my life that needed to be done away with. I know I will watch TV again but I hope and pray that I'll never give anything, other than Christ, the time I devoted to my TV schedule and computer, again.
I hope that someone who reads this will be helped in some way to recognize the changes that need to be made in their life too.
Abundant blessings my friend,
Tami
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