Every night after work I swing past our mailbox on the the way into the driveway....  it's always disappointing. Bills, junk mail and occasional sales fliers, but rarely any personal notes or letters.  Multiple times throughout the day I log into my email accounts. Yes, I said account-s, I have five of them I check consistently.  One is used primarily by my family and friends from the - I've had it forever.  I have one for my sewing art business, one that my church friends use and one dedicated to my volunteer work with South Women's Ministry.  In addition I am also responsible for the primary email account at the church in East Lansing that I work full time for.

Email is the way I primarily connect with people and I have to admit that it is always disappointing when I check one of my accounts and don't hear "You've got mail."  When you consider my personal Facebook page, the Women's Ministry Facebook page and Pinterest I am pretty "connected", although I am still resisting the annoying Linkedin invitations in my inbox. 

So when I ran across this graphic recently it was very convicting to me. I can't begin to tell you how often I have used time constraints as an excuse to neglect time in the Word and prayer.  This week (after I finish working on this newsletter, which is an internet driven endeavor) I am committing to taking a day free of technology to see how much time it opens up for the really important stuff.  I invite you to take the challenge with me --- maybe it's something else that consumes your time --- whatever it may be let's take a break for a day to help realign our priorities.

Rejoicing,

Becky Phillips

Women's Ministry Director