what our webfast taught me

Most you probably know that we participated in a "Webfast" about a month ago.  (read here if you don't know what I'm talking about).

Many people have asked me what I learned from it, if I liked it, etc.  So I thought I would post some of my thoughts on it.

First of all, I really loved doing the webfast!  It is so easy for me to waste time reading blogs, scrolling through facebook or just googling stuff.  Although I LOVE the internet for many many things, it is a temptation that I was glad to be rid of for a month.  It was just nice to not even have the option of facebook, you know?  And it was kind of fun and there was tons of accountability, because our whole class here at the Missionary Training Center was doing it together.

I learned two major things about myself through Webfast.

#1.   I do not need to check Facebook every day!  Don't get me wrong.  I LOVE to read everyone's statuses and I just think it is really fun to know what's happening to everyone.  But at the end of our Webfast month,  I realized that it was OKAY that I hadn't see my newsfeed every day.  So as a result of that revelation, I decided that I will be checking Facebook less.  Like, maybe just a couple times a week or something.  I think it is kind of freeing, really.

#2.  When we were getting ready to start the Webfast, I was very excited that I would have more time to be in the Word.  I thought, oh good...I won't have the distraction of the internet!  It will be so much easier to find time for personal Bible study!  However, I learned this about myself:  When I don't have the distraction of the Web, my tendency is to look around to find a different distraction.  If I found myself with extra time, I would always be thinking, what can I get done?  Or I would want to get ahead on homework or something like that.  Which are all GOOD things--but they are not the most important things!  I already knew that I had "Martha" tendencies rather than "Mary" tendencies, but this Webfast really proved that to me.  My takeaway from this:  I need to be very intentional to have time alone with God--even when my life seems to have less distractions.

So there you have it!  Feel free to keep me accountable about this stuff.  And if anyone ever wants to do a Webfast with me, just let me know!  I would be willing to do it again :)