The fast started last summer after one of my son's baseball games. He said, "Dad, why are you always checking your phone when you come to watch my games?" It's not as if he wouldn't be doing the same thing if I was on the field and he was in the stands. He and his brothers do, after all, use Facebook, Xbox, texting, et. al., much more than I do. But as the guy in his life that he calls "Dad" I thought enough is enough. If I can't sit at attention for my own son's ball game without being tied to a hand-held device, then perhaps I have a problem (which I did).
At any rate, it is time to reintegrate, and you could say I am worse off than before I started the fast. I have since graduated to Linked In and Twitter. So now, in my complicated life, I must regularly check voice mails, texts, Facebook posts, e-mails, and Tweets. I am registered on Linked In but don't know how to navigate yet (not really interested in learning, either.)
The conclusion I have come to is that I will take the "good" that Internet networking has to offer, and discard the rest. I will try to avoid posting every funny (but ultimately useless) comment that pops into my head, and be more selective in what I share. I will try to glorify God more in my comments, recognizing that it is possible to have a "bad" Christian witness through the things we Tweet and post.
Don't know if is going to work out any better this time around, but I am giving it a shot.
God help me.
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