Weapon of Mass Distraction:Deactivated!

Okay, well, I fianlly did it. I have temporarily deactivated Facebook...sure the doubts came rolling through my brain. The "you live so far away, your family/friends want to keep up with you," and "the girls do and say the silliest/sweetest things right now-the whole world needs to hear/see them," and "what about using your status to minister," and "what about you- facebook is your you-time...." These are the tidbits that have kept me from deactivating a year ago when I first became aware that I had a problem...Hello, My name is Stacy Johnson and I am addicted to Facebook...or my phone....or blogging, oh, heck, anything technological! All laughing matters aside, ya know that feeling of recently posted status syndrome, that inability to leave Facebook aside because the anticipation of what others will comment is simply too much? Well, I can't take it anymore. I can't take the fact that I already have sleep problems, and yet instead of trying to sleep, I put the girls to bed and piddle on facebook...I could be digging into the Word,  the nights I actually rest are the times in which I've spent a good amount of time in Scripture.  Funny how that works. Some other reasons I've needed to "unplug" facebook is because my precious 8 year old looked at me and said, "Mom, its like you live your whole life on your phone..." Now, it does appear this way; if I'm not checking Facebook, I'm texting their father, if I'm not texting their father, I'm searching for directions to ball parks using my phone, searching for school lessons for the next day using my phone, looking up Scripture using my phone, do you see where she is coming from? Bless them, another lie I told myself about all these things is, "you only do this in your spare time..." Spare time?! A Mom does not have spare time, at least, I believe it should be minimal! There is too little time in the world of childhood for me to not actively be in the midst of all things Mady and Mika, even if its just sitting in the playroom floor holding a dadgum Barbie (w/o) my phone logged on!  Alright, Alright, I just deactivated my account, and who knows how long the Lord will guide me to keep it that way. I know He is ready to bring me back to a place where He is who I wake up longing to read about.
Father, I come into your prescence blameless by the blood of the Lamb, but I must confess I have sinned. I allowed "things of this world" to take my eyes off of you and my sweet girls that you gave me as good and precious gifts. I seek forgiveness and thank You that I'm forgiven. Please Father, change my heart, undo the distractions that I've allowed to become habits that don't draw me closer to you.  Rid me of a desire to feel wanted/connected to things of this Earth, this isn't home and its time I start living like it. Thank You Father, Amen.