Learning to trust: My journal

My fast

 Thursday, January 16, 2020

 Hey y'all. So today is a the start of my 21 day fast from social media. More specifically Facebook and trying to spend less time on Pinterest. I'm not completely eliminating Pinterest because I use it for my paintings and other art things. 

 I decided to do this fast for 2 reasons. One is that one of my friends has been doing this fast with her family for the past 2ish weeks and she was saying how nice it's been to have more time to do other things. This got me thinking about how maybe I should try it too. The big thing that got me to the point where I actually decided to do this fast was the realisation that I am on my phone (more specifically Facebook and Pinterest) way too much. When I mean way too much I mean like almost 14 hours combined this whole week! That is WAY too much. I could really be doing other things like painting, playing piano or guitar, puzzling with my mom, hanging out with my friends or even doing more in depth devotions. Yes, this has also been a big thing that distracts me from doing my devotions. I often find myself going up to my room with the intentions of doing my devotions but then ending up watching Facebook videos for the next 20ish minutes then realizing I need to go to bed so I bring my phone downstairs and go to bed without spending time with God. 

 You might be wondering "What is a fast?". In the bible people fasted when they were going through something really hard and needed God's guidance so they would give up food for a couple days to just be with God. For me that seems pretty extreme and probably wouldn't be very good for my relationship with God because when I'm hungry that's literally all I think about. My brain can't focus for the life of me and I probably would end up being like "Nope, I can't do it! Food here we come!". (I love food so that would just be torture). 

 People these days fast for different reasons. I've often heard people doing it to spend more time with God, so giving up something that takes up most of there time is a good way to use the time you would usually use to do whatever you gave up to be with God. That's what I'm going to be doing for the next 21 or so days. I hope I won't end up being like "Nope I can't do it! Facebook here we come!", I want to be stronger than that and more self disciplined. I also can't just waste my life looking at other peoples lives. I need to spend my life doing things with people I love and  building relationships with people around me. It will be hard but I know God is going to be with me the whole way, he is my strength! 

 If you guys would like to pray for me while I do this fast, it would be very much appreciated! If anyone wants to join me in this fast, go right ahead. Maybe we could all get closer to God together!

 -Emmers