What are you craving and missing at the moment? If you’re joining in Summer of 7, it could easily be food, clothing, or media.
Thanks to my friend Katrina for letting me cheat during my media mutiny week. She allowed me to handwrite a note and she posted it. You can check it out HERE or it is posted below.
To set up the note, I was asked to go to Student Camp at the last minute and was fortunate enough to my juggle schedule and go. Media mutiny week was scheduled and I was thankful as I thought this would be an easy way to get around the shock of NO MEDIA.
Well heavens, it wasn’t easy! God made sure I got HIS message loud and clear while I craved social media.
As I had media withdrawals, the continued messages at camp were LAY DOWN YOUR FALSE GODS. Seriously, this is youth camp aren’t we going to talk about youthy things. I’m sure the youth had youthy things stirring in their hearts and minds, but all Alene had wrecking her heart was MEDIA.
Day One – I’m failed miserably! I was still carrying my phone is my back pocket. After all, it was my time-keeper. There were too many notifications and text that came in. I soon realize that while I’m trying to slay this HUGE giant called media, it is the way this youthy generation communicates. A battle is raging within me! I used the phone, text, and email. I went to Instagram at least 109 times and remembered I can’t use my apps. I was struggling and wondering if I’d survive 6 more days. I missed my blog, facebook, and twitter the most. I missed YOU!
Day Two – I woke-up wondering if I should leave my phone in the cabin. Deciding NO and taking my phone with all it’s connections to the world with me to our morning session, the Pastor jolts me up-right when He asks “what are you missing more than God?” OUCH! OUCH! OUCH! Needless to say, I’ll be putting some boundaries in place this next week.
I penned a note, CRAVE GOD, as not to forget this lesson.
What are you craving?
God wants you and I to crave Him with the tenacity that we crave our social media. He wants us to be His friend and follower.
I’ve had kind of a media break myself for about a month. First there was a “wrath of God” quality hail storm which took too much. But the big thing, all I’ve really written about this month, was 170 hours in a row without sleep – that’s 7 days. I’ve had the “sleep thing” for 15 years – but for four days I disappeared from life and slipped into a different world – one of moving walls, and shadows and voices, and nightmarish hallucinations. I’m just now getting my feet planted back in this world. I’m sorry I’ve been gone so long. But having been gone so long leads me to appreciate how important it is for me to be reading everybody whose words I heart. (I haven’t even used THAT word for a month). You know I heart your words – and today is a really good example of why. I’ve got things I have been craving more than God – and that can’t be. His kingdom first. His kingdom first. Anyway, missed reading you – sorry. God bless you Alene.
Craig – I hope you get more rest this week. 170 hours with no sleep would definitely slip anybody into a different dark world. So thankful you dropped by to visit once you were back to craving good words.
I’m trying to be mindful not to crave anything more than God. He is the only ONE that matters. Lord, forgive us when we get our priorities all out of whack. Lord, thanks for bringing my friend Craig out of his nightmarish ordeal. IN JESUS NAME!!!
Seeing your handwriting warmed my heart, Alene. The message was simply icing on the cake. And let’s face it…I’m all about frosting of faith. ; )
I’m with you, friend. Craving Him. more than this piece of cake I’ve conjured up in my head just now…
So I didn’t think social media, my phone, email, IM chat, etc had a hold on me. I thought that I didn’t need it or turn to it the way I saw others. Oh, how wrong I am. And doesn’t that show my judgemental heart. God will reveal to us the truth when we ask. And I must say that it is unsettling to me in this case.
Thank you for you note. Thank you for your encouragement and honesty. It has helped me to be more honest with God and myself.