Connection Lost ... Tap to Retry

How does the Holy Spirit speak to you?  I would say the Holy Spirit speaks to me in a lot of different ways, but it seems that the Lord is always pretty blunt, very obvious, and repetitive when speaking to me.  Whether it is through others, a scripture I hear over and over from different sources, the name of a person or a place will be in front of me constantly, etc...  Sometimes, I instantly know it's Him.  Other times, it takes me a little bit to realize it's Him, or to want to admit that it's Him. 

For about five days now, almost every time I have tried to log into my facebook account from my cell phone, I have seen this:

At first this was just annoying.  I thought something was wrong with my phone, so I deleted the account on my phone, then reloaded it.   That didn't work.  Then I thought I had a bad internet connection, but all of my other apps worked and so did my internet.  On day 4, this thought came to mind, "I wonder if this is how God feels about me... like our connection is lost, but all I have to do is 'retry' or reconnect."  For another day, I still got this connection error over and over.  Then, I finally confessed, out loud, and I admitted my connection to Him had not been very strong lately.  And you know what?  After that confession - the connection lost picture went away.  Almost instantaneously.

I have been praying and thinking about what it is that has caused my connection to be lost.  Part of the answer is obvious - facebook itself can be a huge distraction.  I thought of how much time can be wasted looking at pictures of others, reading different status updates, or when one of my 'close friends' posts something, I get a notification to let me know.  But do I treat my Lord the same way?  Do I constantly look to Him to see what He would have me do everyday?  Am I as interested in what it says in His book as I am in what someone else is saying on facebook?  Am I being selfish by only being notified about my 'close friends' and perhaps missing out on someone else's need or cry for help?  Am I as quick to recognize notifications when the Lord speaks something to me or does something new in my life?  Or am I too distracted by what everyone thinks of what I say, pictures I post, or knowing what others are up to? 

Thank you God that you are a God of grace.  Today, I am thankful that because of Jesus, all I have to do is 'tap to retry' and I will have access to the throne room to be with God.  Beginning today, I am going to limit my facebook usage.  I am going to spend more time in His book.  I am going to spend more time looking at Him each day.  I am going to spend more time resting in His approval of me and giving Him my status update.  Beginning today I will be more about His business and less in other people's business. 

I am going to limit my facebook usage to only twice a day.  Once in the morning and once in the evening for only 3 minutes or less each time.  If you are up to do this challenge with me and/or if you are willing to check in on me and hold this girl accountable, please let me know.