Hii!!! Just wanted to pop in and say I'm right there in the goo with you!!! And I have also made efforts to be on my phone less and it's glorious? I love the connection social media gives me as a stay at home mom with no village or neighbors (lol) but what I've found in limiting my use is that I actually really love my own mind so much more when I'm not bombarded with a 24/7 news cycle or text messages. Especially in the fragile time of being goo, the less outside noise the better I think. Hugs to you!!
This! All of this 🤍 we need this as mommas in the goo. To be able to rest in it and be present in our bodies and with our families. It’s a welcomed reset season for sure. And I was so happy to see your name pop up in my notifications! Truly miss some people I followed often over in the Wild West of the gram- so the familiarity of your name popping up over here was a welcomed surprise. Hugs back atcha!
I’m just here to say I’m praying for you and your family. I am definitely guilty of all sorts of sin in the activity (or inactivity) of mindless scrolling, but there are increasingly moments when God fills my heart with deep love for my cyber sisters and brothers. For the celebrations, I say, often out loud and with great joy, “You go, girl!” For the sorrows, I feel your pain like it is my own.
I am so grateful for the ways technology can connect us and give us a window into the ways we are miraculously seen and loved by our Creator. What a precious gift to know some of your story and carry a tiny bit of your burdens and victories with you. That which seems passive to the world (my scrolling, for example), may very well lead to the greatest work we have been given to do— prayer. I may not be accomplishing much, but I’ll settle for moving a few mountains.
I felt called to surrender my Christian writing platform on social media years ago. I unpublished and haven’t looked back. It was hard, but I was obedient, and that obedience led to the peace and clarity I have now. Surrendering that online ministry has allowed me to step into real-life local ministry through my church- where I am now on staff. I have felt called for quite sometime to now surrender my personal online spaces as well- so I have put boundaries on my phone to keep me from mindlessly consuming. But I know I need to let go of “fomo” and invest even more where God has me as a wife, mama, worship director, homeschooler, and even student.
Praying for you as you continue on- I’m in a boat much like yours. ❤️ simply seeking to be faithful and obedient to the Lord.
I’m so proud of you for your obedience! I know that will look different for everyone at different times and during different seasons. But we should all spur one another on IN obedience, regardless. And I’m encouraged to hear how God has opened doors and honored yours. I am excited to see this new shift in culture and how the Lord is calling some people away from the noise. I think it will produce lasting and good fruit in everyone who chooses that route. 🤍
Real as ever, Mikayla. Your absence from instagram lit a fire in me to do the same. I agree that we were made for a time such as this, but it is hard to make the pieces fit together. I struggle in a lot of the same ways you express, and I appreciate your ability to find the words for it.
Well I’m definitely still piecing it together and finding the words myself. But so thankful it resonated with you. Sometimes I feel like I’m the only one! I’m thankful you’ve found some courage to step back too. 🤍
Hii!!! Just wanted to pop in and say I'm right there in the goo with you!!! And I have also made efforts to be on my phone less and it's glorious? I love the connection social media gives me as a stay at home mom with no village or neighbors (lol) but what I've found in limiting my use is that I actually really love my own mind so much more when I'm not bombarded with a 24/7 news cycle or text messages. Especially in the fragile time of being goo, the less outside noise the better I think. Hugs to you!!
This! All of this 🤍 we need this as mommas in the goo. To be able to rest in it and be present in our bodies and with our families. It’s a welcomed reset season for sure. And I was so happy to see your name pop up in my notifications! Truly miss some people I followed often over in the Wild West of the gram- so the familiarity of your name popping up over here was a welcomed surprise. Hugs back atcha!
I’m just here to say I’m praying for you and your family. I am definitely guilty of all sorts of sin in the activity (or inactivity) of mindless scrolling, but there are increasingly moments when God fills my heart with deep love for my cyber sisters and brothers. For the celebrations, I say, often out loud and with great joy, “You go, girl!” For the sorrows, I feel your pain like it is my own.
I am so grateful for the ways technology can connect us and give us a window into the ways we are miraculously seen and loved by our Creator. What a precious gift to know some of your story and carry a tiny bit of your burdens and victories with you. That which seems passive to the world (my scrolling, for example), may very well lead to the greatest work we have been given to do— prayer. I may not be accomplishing much, but I’ll settle for moving a few mountains.
I felt called to surrender my Christian writing platform on social media years ago. I unpublished and haven’t looked back. It was hard, but I was obedient, and that obedience led to the peace and clarity I have now. Surrendering that online ministry has allowed me to step into real-life local ministry through my church- where I am now on staff. I have felt called for quite sometime to now surrender my personal online spaces as well- so I have put boundaries on my phone to keep me from mindlessly consuming. But I know I need to let go of “fomo” and invest even more where God has me as a wife, mama, worship director, homeschooler, and even student.
Praying for you as you continue on- I’m in a boat much like yours. ❤️ simply seeking to be faithful and obedient to the Lord.
I’m so proud of you for your obedience! I know that will look different for everyone at different times and during different seasons. But we should all spur one another on IN obedience, regardless. And I’m encouraged to hear how God has opened doors and honored yours. I am excited to see this new shift in culture and how the Lord is calling some people away from the noise. I think it will produce lasting and good fruit in everyone who chooses that route. 🤍
Real as ever, Mikayla. Your absence from instagram lit a fire in me to do the same. I agree that we were made for a time such as this, but it is hard to make the pieces fit together. I struggle in a lot of the same ways you express, and I appreciate your ability to find the words for it.
Well I’m definitely still piecing it together and finding the words myself. But so thankful it resonated with you. Sometimes I feel like I’m the only one! I’m thankful you’ve found some courage to step back too. 🤍