Why I turned off my Facebook account and what's ahead for the blog

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Hi gang.  I'm getting ready for work but I wanted to take a few minutes and let y'all know a few things.

I turned off my Facebook account.  Don't worry, I'll be back when all of this is over.  The reason was simply this, I can't watch the movie if I don't have a ticket so I chose to exchange the ticket.  I know all I need to and that's plenty, believe me.  It's for that reason and that reason only that I turned the thing off.

I need a bit of me time.  I really do believe God is working in my life but there are things that I shouldn't share about that.  I need to let God be God and I need to just have a little bit of suffering in silence time for me.  I have too much going on in my life right now and I don't need to exacerbate it more by having the temptation to comment on this or that thing that I just need to accept isn't any of my business anymore.

It's something that I feel was laid on my heart today.  There are times in life where you just need to grin and bear it.  Besides, one of the lessons I've learned is that God talks to us in four ways:

Through His Word, through circumstances, through others, and through the church.  Two of the ways God talks to us seem to be leading me to believe one thing; circumstances seem to say another thing and I need to take some quiet time and listen for God's direction for my life.  I need to trust Him, not me.

That brings me to the blog:  It's not going away but I'm going to take the opportunity to try and develop my rudimentary writing skills with it and just comment on the things around me, like Mt. Ogden in July, the beautiful roses that are in bloom and the sweet smell of my backyard on this rainy summer day, and the like.

I need time to clean up the messes I've made before working on new ones, too.  That's something else that was laid on my heart today and I'm making a good start at that.  Today was a day of introspection and having the Spirit of God help me realize the things that are taking focus from Him and what He has in store for me.

Tomorrow's blog will be about smelling the roses.  I could smell them today, for the first time in a very, very long time.

I'm sharing all of this with you because I have a bunch of good friends who worry about me.  Please don't.  I'm safe in the hands of Jesus and I feel that more today than I have in a couple of months.  If you could, a word of prayer for me to see where the Lord is taking me and to remember to trust in Him when things really, really don't make sense would be appreciated.  I don't like to ask for prayers, much because there are so many that face far worse challenges in their lives.  I just don't want to miss something quiet because there was too much noise in my life.  I hope that makes sense.

Thanks, friends, and God bless you all,

Coop

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