One month and four days

It has been one month and four days since my last blog. This is not a confession, although it does strangely feel like one. Why is it, that with our world being as socially focused as it is, we end up feeling guilty when it has been "too long" since we last visited Facebook, Twitter or our blog?

If it is because we are lagging on responding to those who are dear to us, fine. If it is for no other reason than the feeling that we must keep on on our social networks, not fine.

I have found that there are things in life which hold far greater value than the fleeting and passing excitements of typical entertainment. Like what, you might ask? Like helping a friend with this or that. Like listening to a family member that needs advice. Like spending time getting to know the Lord who created the heavens and the earth...who longs to have a relationship with us deeper than anyone else ever will. Things like that.

But don't worry about feeling like I'm judging you or anything along those lines. In fact, quite the contrary. I am preaching to the choir. So often, it is easy to spend our free time doing things that do not matter in the long run.

For as long as I can remember, I have tried to stay away from that. I have tried my hardest to focus on the things that really matter. Looking back, however, I am not sure how grand of a job I really did.

So, starting right now. I will put my attention on those things. No, I am not going on a "Facebook fast," or a Twitter vaca, but I am going to work at focusing on the lasting things of this life.

Ready, set, go! Right? :)