Learning Self Control

I've realized something. I'm addicted to the internet. My husband and children could have told you that. But it really has gotten bad lately. And now I can hear the Holy Spirit telling me that I have walked into a trap. The internet has led me away from my duties at home. It has zapped me of precious time and, strangely, energy. When I spend my time on the computer instead of doing the things I ought, I am tired all day. I don't have any self-control. Know what the Bible says about that?

Like a city whose walls are broken through

is a person who lacks self-control. Proverbs 25:28

So, I've come to this: I am going to fast the internet for a week. No reading of adoption stories, no checking my yahoo group emails, no surfing for the best deals on this, that and the other. I will check my personal email once a day though, after the children are in bed. I will relearn how to be a keeper of my home. I will joyfully serve my family instead of my flesh. I will delight in the Lord and all His ways. So that I can become a Titus 2 woman:

Then they can urge the younger women to love their husbands and children, to be self-controlled and pure, to be busy at home, to be kind, and to be subject to their husbands, so that no one will malign the word of God.

This will not be easy. I will go through withdrawl. Possibly, worse than caffeine. But I know that His power is made perfect in my weakness. And, boy, am I ever weak. But I hope to be back in a week and tell you how much I have learned, changed, and how much better my spirit feels.