Freedom From Social Media.

I highly recommend a hiatus from the world of social media.


You'd be surprised how enriching life is when it is actually being lived.


I get a sense of freedom as I step away from social media.


People can't know what I'm doing unless they ask me.


They can't look through all my pictures, read through all my conversations, and see my updates without even saying a word to me.


They don't know my every move.


I am free to be where I am.


I don't have to feel competition to be more impressive than the next person.


I don't have to feel bad that my friends hung out without me.


I am free.


I am not spending hours Facebook stalking people I don't know.


I'm not wasting my 'friendship' on people I've never met.


Nobody's in my business unless I want them to be.


I'm not in anyone's business unless I want to be or unless they want me to be.


I can live my life.


Jealousy, gossip, slander, anger, bitterness, competition, coveting, judgment-- all of these things can become commonplace during our time on social networking sites.


I want to be consumed by Jesus Christ and who he has called me to be, rather than what my friends are doing and saying.


There is freedom in a quiet life.


1 Thessalonians 4:11-12 -- Make it your goal to live a quiet life, minding your own business and working with your hands, just as we instructed you before. Then people who are not Christians will respect the way you live, and you will not need to depend on others.


I don't have to be friends with everyone on Facebook.


I don't need to get everyone's phone number the first time we meet.


I don't need to be in constant communication.


I can live an independent life.


If you need me...you can find me, somehow.


We'll run into each other from time to time in the cafeteria.


Maybe when I go for a run, you'll stop me as you're walking to class and we'll have a nice conversation.


Perhaps you'll be walking by and see my team playing soccer and you'll stop to watch for a moment, leaving with a nice wave.


I might have a class with you next semester.


You might see me in Brisco's. Only in the later hours of the night because I'm more of a cafeteria girl.


Maybe we'll be focus leaders together.


Doesn't really matter.


I am me. I will always be me. And I don't need you to make me feel more important.


I guess what I've learned is -- there's no urgency. I thought there was, but there isn't. We freak out, add everyone on Facebook, and try to get a bunch of phone numbers so we'll never have to be alone. But you know what? Every time I wander around campus I see someone I know and have a casual conversation.


I don't need to use technology as my crutch.


I am a human being.


I am strong.


2 Timothy 1:7 -- For God has not given us a spirit of fear and timidity, but of power, love, and self-discipline.


Something I need to get rid of is the people pleaser mentality within me.


I am on this earth to please God, not men.


It's not about me having a wonderful reputation or an impressive lifestyle. 


I just need to love Jesus and feed his sheep.


I want to know what it means to be a woman who fears the Lord.


I don't want to be a woman who fears the reputation of her peers.


I don't want to spend all my time determining whether or not others are living in a way that is pleasing to God.


I am not on this earth to lift myself higher and disregard the feelings of others.


My thoughts should be pure toward others.


My mouth should speak only truth.


My heart should be humble and forgiving.


My eyes should see God's image in every person I meet.


My ears should listen to things that are pleasing to my relationship with Christ.


Each day I should strive to look more like my Father.


Ephesians 4:21-24 -- Since you have heard about Jesus and have learned the truth that comes from him, throw off your old sinful nature and your former way of life, which is corrupted by lust and deception. Instead, let the Spirit renew your thoughts and attitudes. Put on your new nature, created to be like God-- truly righteous and holy.


For centuries and centuries, people lived without cell phones, Facebooks, and Twitters...I think I can survive a life without one. I still have a cell phone, but I definitely want to continue to spend more of my time where I am than wanting to remain in communication with people I cannot fully invest in at that moment.


Psalm 62:5 -- Let all that I am wait quietly before God, for my hope is in him.