Comments on: Beware the Lotus

By: Melissa Morgner

Melissa Morgner — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:09:50 +0000

So glad to know I’m not alone : ) Happy the Lord used my wayward journey to encourage many.
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By: Misty

Misty — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:58:27 +0000

This was wonderful and timely, as I’ve just determined to take a break from Facebook. Thanks for sharing your struggle and solutions!

By: Jimmie

Jimmie — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 11:07:55 +0000

I confess that I love information. I love collecting it and reading it. So the Internet is very appealing to me — a never ending supply of ever changing information. Like you, I spend a lot of time researching curriculum, evaluating books, and finding feebies online. But how much do I USE? Or even how much information do I truly NEED to do my job well? Good reminders.
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By: Julie Williams

Julie Williams — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 05:05:57 +0000

Beautiful written, amazing God and so grateful for the Holy Spirit that has a personalized plan for each of our lives and reveals it to us.

By: Lillian

Lillian — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 16:09:15 +0000

Yes, I’ve known this. I KNOW this! Thank you for reinforcing that still small voice that also gets sometimes ignored in the distractions I set up for myself.

By: Kristina

Kristina — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 15:02:04 +0000

amen!

By: Laura Herndon

Laura Herndon — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 22:02:21 +0000

Thanks Melissa! I so needed to hear that! I get so stressed out and think that I don’t have enough time in the day to handle responsibilities and relationships well. In retrospect, I think I would have enough time if I wasn’t day dreaming all day long and surfing the web with well intentioned hair brained ideas. How often I go to the internet instead of God to figure things out! Thanks for the reminder to make God the priority.

By: Amy

Amy — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 20:28:37 +0000

Beautifully put!!! I, like Alana, am right there with you. I signed up with my church to participate in a fast, and I have decided that it would be more of a sacrifice to fast the computer than food and spend that extra time with the Lord! (that would be lots more time than food takes up!) I came to your blog thru the link you sent to the Illum. group. We are just about to that same place in Classic Myths. Will look forward to the story.

By: Nadene Esterhuizen

Nadene Esterhuizen — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 14:59:30 +0000

Painfully true … how good the Lord is to call us continually to return to Him with whole-hearted devotion. Thank you .
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By: Alana

Alana — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 13:38:48 +0000

Wow. You just wrote about my life. I have come to that point of realizing the hold the internet has on me and what it takes from my family too. The exact same pursuits you mentioned kept me from focusing on my goals here. It’s not so much the time it takes for me (but partly), it’s the broken concentration it causes. And I realized it gives my kids a horrible idea that the computer is to be worshiped as a priority, even over them. The guilt abounds.

And the effort to set the alarm and start your day with purpose – that’s exactly my main goal right now. Failed again, but calling on God to forgive me and kick me into shape.

Thanks so much for sharing, it’s an encouragement to hear someone else is in the exact same boat!