I’ve spent this year living on two spiritual ideas. One from Oswald Chambers (who else?) “too often we accept the good while not holding out for the best from God.”
The other from Jesus: “My yoke is easy, my burden is light.”
They are still central to my life in 2013, but I have an additional prayer that is sort of an amalgamation of the two and that’s what I’d like prayer for. It goes like this:
“Please, Lord, help me to stay focused on what you have called me to do and not get distracted by all the other good and pleasing opportunities that come my way. Help me to say no, gracefully and stay the course.”
Thank you to all who have prayed for me (6 Arrows) today and over the weekend. I am sorry I left in such a hurry with few details.
Long story short, my internet use is causing contention in my marriage. It’s not that my husband is banning me from using it or anything; it’s just that he thinks it’s mostly a waste of time to read and comment online unless it’s something needful (in his opinion) to read, like looking over online resources to use in our homeschooling, for example. But even then, he always wants to know why it’s taking so long to peruse online materials, get a plan together for their use, etc. He doesn’t like to see me on the computer, plain and simple.
I’ve shared with him how much it’s meant to me to get to know friends like you here and at a friend’s site; to be able to pray and be prayed for; and just generally to have an outlet to “meet” with friends without having to drive anywhere or find a mutually agreeable time to get together, like with my in-the-flesh friends, who are all so busy.
He doesn’t want my non-family relationships, especially the online ones, to get in the way of home life, but sometimes, on the hard days, admittedly, it does.
On the bright side, though, he has encouraged me that when I take 3rd Arrow to the ministry she volunteers for on some Mondays, and when I take 4th Arrow to Catechism class on some Wednesdays, to go to the library and use the public computers while I’m away from the family, anyway.
So he’s not being unreasonable. And I’m not a victim. It’s just that sometimes satan whispers in my ear the opposite, and sometimes I listen to it. And you know how that always turns out.
Anyway, the stress and the contention were really getting to me last week, and started spilling over into other relationships, including on here, when I got all testy on the news thread that one day, for example. So I thought the best thing to do would be to just walk away from the whole online world for a while, for everybody’s sake.
I don’t know when I’ll be on here. The Mondays and Wednesdays I’m out of the house for the above-mentioned activities I likely will be able to check in briefly. And maybe at night after the kids are in bed and before my husband is home from work. I’m often quite tired by then, though, and may simply be reading and not commenting on much.
Your continued prayers would mean so much to me. I want to honor my husband. He loves me, and I love him. I love you all here, too, but I love my husband more. He is the one I’m called to serve as my first earthly priority, and I know God can make a way for that to happen while still maintaining other relationships according to His will. Please pray for wisdom for me as I seek to find the right balance.
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I’ve spent this year living on two spiritual ideas. One from Oswald Chambers (who else?) “too often we accept the good while not holding out for the best from God.”
The other from Jesus: “My yoke is easy, my burden is light.”
They are still central to my life in 2013, but I have an additional prayer that is sort of an amalgamation of the two and that’s what I’d like prayer for. It goes like this:
“Please, Lord, help me to stay focused on what you have called me to do and not get distracted by all the other good and pleasing opportunities that come my way. Help me to say no, gracefully and stay the course.”
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One of our own is very heavy on my mind. Please remember to pray for 6Arrows. She posted a prayer request over the weekend.
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Dear friends,
Thank you to all who have prayed for me (6 Arrows) today and over the weekend. I am sorry I left in such a hurry with few details.
Long story short, my internet use is causing contention in my marriage. It’s not that my husband is banning me from using it or anything; it’s just that he thinks it’s mostly a waste of time to read and comment online unless it’s something needful (in his opinion) to read, like looking over online resources to use in our homeschooling, for example. But even then, he always wants to know why it’s taking so long to peruse online materials, get a plan together for their use, etc. He doesn’t like to see me on the computer, plain and simple.
I’ve shared with him how much it’s meant to me to get to know friends like you here and at a friend’s site; to be able to pray and be prayed for; and just generally to have an outlet to “meet” with friends without having to drive anywhere or find a mutually agreeable time to get together, like with my in-the-flesh friends, who are all so busy.
He doesn’t want my non-family relationships, especially the online ones, to get in the way of home life, but sometimes, on the hard days, admittedly, it does.
On the bright side, though, he has encouraged me that when I take 3rd Arrow to the ministry she volunteers for on some Mondays, and when I take 4th Arrow to Catechism class on some Wednesdays, to go to the library and use the public computers while I’m away from the family, anyway.
So he’s not being unreasonable. And I’m not a victim. It’s just that sometimes satan whispers in my ear the opposite, and sometimes I listen to it. And you know how that always turns out.
Anyway, the stress and the contention were really getting to me last week, and started spilling over into other relationships, including on here, when I got all testy on the news thread that one day, for example. So I thought the best thing to do would be to just walk away from the whole online world for a while, for everybody’s sake.
I don’t know when I’ll be on here. The Mondays and Wednesdays I’m out of the house for the above-mentioned activities I likely will be able to check in briefly. And maybe at night after the kids are in bed and before my husband is home from work. I’m often quite tired by then, though, and may simply be reading and not commenting on much.
Your continued prayers would mean so much to me. I want to honor my husband. He loves me, and I love him. I love you all here, too, but I love my husband more. He is the one I’m called to serve as my first earthly priority, and I know God can make a way for that to happen while still maintaining other relationships according to His will. Please pray for wisdom for me as I seek to find the right balance.
Thank you so much.
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Good thinking. I stepped away from WMB for 7 months once.
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