At some point you’ve probably eaten at a buffet restaurant. You went there because you were hungry, and you knew you’d have a lot of options. A little of this and a bite of that, something for everyone. Good stuff, right?

The problem occurs when you realize your eyes were a bit bigger than your stomach. Although the buffet is lined with lots of good choices, all those small bits of this and that seem to have multiplied before your eyes. Before you know it, your plate is simply overflowing from the accumulation of too many good things.

That’s sort of how life has been for me lately.

My plate is full to overflowing with good things: family, friends, writing and reading, summer fun, hobbies, church and my relationship with Christ. But I’ve not kept a good balance. I’ve taken too much of some things and not enough of others. A plate full of dessert may look and sound delicious, but too many sweets without first eating a healthy diet leaves you feeling ill. It’s not sustainable, and it’s not what’s best.

In the past month or so, I’ve been so busy and distracted that I haven’t spent enough time focusing on my Father. And honestly, little by little, I’ve let that happen with my family, too. It’s accidental, of course, yet it takes a toll. I keep trying to reclaim the ground I’ve lost, but I can only keep so many plates in the air at once. Eventually, they’ll all come crashing to the ground.

Sometimes obedience to God calls for radical decisions (well, radical for a blogger anyway!), so for the month of June, I’m fasting from my blog, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Goodreads, Pinterest and all other social media. {gulp}

This is HUGE for me, but I know what He’s asking and I need to put my blog where my mouth is. I’ll still check email and be available by phone/text, but I won’t publish any new blog posts or hang out on my favorite social media sites.

I’d like to claim I’ve figured out exactly how God speaks and always respond promptly when He calls. I’d love to tell you I always please my Father and serve Him faithfully. I want you to think I have it together and am an encourager and someone you’d want as your friend .  But if I do all that and haven’t kept my relationship with God and my family first, it’s all for nothing.

I cherish every single reader-friend I’ve made through this blog, whether or not you’ve ever commented or subscribed. You bless my socks off! I hope and pray you’ll re-join me in a month when I’m bright-eyed and bushy-tailed again, with my priorities firmly in place.

Bless you, friends. See you in July. 

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In the meantime, may I suggest a few blogging friends I think you’ll adore?
Stop by and tell them I said hello, would you?

Kris ~ Always Alleluia

Christine ~ Fruit in Season

Denise ~ Denise in Bloom

Ashlie ~ One Small Town Girl

Jennifer ~ You Are My Girls

Kristin ~ Purposeful Homemaker

Anne ~ Anne Mateer

Michelle ~ Intentional Me

Annie ~ Annie at Home

Alia Joy ~ Narrow Paths to Higher Places

Lindsey ~ The Little Missionary Girl All Grown Up

Kelly ~ Exceptionally Average

Tracey ~ Life of Eucharisteo

Michele-Lyn ~ A Life Surrendered

Denise ~ Denise J. Hughes

{I just know I’ve forgotten someone…. please forgive me!}

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