I admit that with my Internet issues yesterday and Tuesday as well as Daniel’s Urgent Care visit yesterday, I haven’t had my mind on spiritual things. In fact, I was spitting nails Tuesday and breathing fire over the phone when they told me it would be 7-10 days before we’d have Internet at the parsonage. (They got it restored this evening.) The lack of Internet so incredibly inconvenienced me as I pretty much operate online and Jon didn’t have much spare time yesterday for me to go to the library or to $tarbux. We did, however, find a way for me to patch into Metanoia’s internet so I could check email this morning and get the incredibly necessary stuff offline.

Now able to be online and blog live, I have to admit that I discovered how completely dependent I am on the Internet for many things in my life including connecting with people. It is so much easier to function over Facebook and Twitter — I’m an introvert so I’d rather not deal with people in real life. However, I need to learn to relate to people one-on-one better and that means actually seeking out meaningful relationships with people in the congregation. The only problem: I’m the youngest married woman and the other ones live very different lives from me. (I do have a few people who understand me and with whom I can chat.) This is, however, the impetus for change.

Pray for me as I figure this out.