If you've been following this blog you know that I'm on a quest to live a more intentional life.  I'm trying to live a life of purpose and meaning.   For me, this starts with God and my relationship with Him.  It is intentional worship.  It is putting God first in my life and really meaning it.  

Second, it is being an intentional husband in my marriage.  It is loving my wife the way she needs to be loved and putting her first above other things I'm trying to accomplish or other things that try and steal my attention.  

Third, it is being an intentional father.  Any parent with older kids will tell you how fast the time flies by.  My boys are 6 and 3.  I don't want to look back and wish I did things differently with them.  I want to be as intentional as possible today to enrich their lives.

Fourth, well, it's pretty much everything else.   It's my business, golf, mountain biking, friends.

Recently I've been pondering the thought of giving up my social media endeavors for a while.  How long?  I don't know.   Why?  I'm still trying to figure that out.   I feel like it's a personal thing.  A journey I'm being called to take.  One that is led by God, but will take a lot of work on my end.  I'm excited about it, but I have to admit at the moment I don't know where it's going.  That's the cool thing about faith.  If you feel God leading you, you walk.  You can't see where you're going, but you follow the lead.

As I think about why I got involved in social media (twitter, facebook, etc), I had a few good reasons.  Reasons most people probably have:

-- Perhaps I would meet some cool people

-- Perhaps I would interact with "real-life" friends and keep up with people 

-- Perhaps I would add value to another person's life

I am doing these things and accomplishing the main goals I set out for myself.  However, I'm questioning my motives and looking into my heart.   Recently a Bible verse really struck me to the core:

John 12:43 for they loved praise from men, more than praise from God.

I've noticed recently that I'm more concerned about my social network than I am with God.   Sure, I spend time with God each day, but it isn't what it used to be.  Many days I'm more concerned about what's going on in my social network than what God is doing.   Many times I'll stand in line at a store and check Twitter instead of reaching out to real live people right next to me in line.  Some days I find I'd rather check Twitter than have a conversation with my wife.   Some days I find I'd rather check facebook than play with my boys.   That kills me to think I've behaved like that. 

It's time for a change.

I'm taking a social media sabbatical.  I don't know how long it will be, but I'm going to re-engage with God, my wife and boys.   I'm going to sink back into His Word and chew on it and meditate on it.

Like I said, it's a personal thing for me and not something I'm saying anyone else should do.  Unless, that is, you can relate in your life to what I'm saying about mine.

If you'd like to join me on this journey, you can subscribe to my blog RSS.   I still plan to blog about things God is revealing to me as I feel prompted.  I do still plan to keep up with certain blogs I follow as well.  Personally, I don't consider blogs true "social media" (don't argue with me in the comments about this :).  My blog is for me to express ideas I have and other blogs are places I read to help enrich my life.

I'm excited to see where God leads me.  For me, this is a true mark of living an intentional life.

Facebook and Twitter friends:  I'll most likely see you again sometime in the future as the dance goes on.

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