Scrolling, Scrolling, Scrolling

Why is it that I feel guilty if I'm not working?

I sat down at the computer to check my email. I had an hour before friends were coming in to spend the night. Everyone in the house was either asleep or watching a movie. I thought I'd look at Pinterest for a few minutes since I had extra time. I knew I needed to be working, I'm sure there was some horrible dust bunny or stinky sock or unmade bed that needed tending to, but I didn't do it, I just sat mindlessly and scrolled.

Just in case you don't know how Pinterest is, it sucks you in and you feel like you have to look at every picture. If you don't, something bad is gonna happen, like if you don't forward those sappy, sentimental emails about how much you love God. Well... before I knew it, an hour was up. I kept telling myself to get up and get to work. I was wasting too much time, I should be getting school ready for next week or sweeping the kitchen or ironing Ray's shirts, but I didn't, I just scrolled.

I was too busy convincing myself that I could do any of those projects if I had the time, I could make my house that beautiful and photo worthy, or memorize any of those inspirational quotes, but I just scrolled.

And I kept scrolling, I didn't repin anything, because I'm not sure I really know how. I think I have before, but not any more, I just like to scroll. When the phone rang to say that my friends were getting close, I closed out Pinterest and picked up the stray books and toys, did a last minute check of their room and beat myself up for all the wasted time.

Then I was reminded,

So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.

I Corinthians 10:31

 There is nothing better for a person than that he should eat and drink and find enjoyment in his toil. This also, I saw, is from the hand of God.

Ecclesiastes 2:24

Do these scripture verses prove that I can goof off for an hour guilt free? I don't know, but I do know that it's okay for me to rest and relax every once in a while. I could probably come up with some "churchy" reason using those verses to kill an hour of time, but I'll not try. I'll just laugh at the silly things I saw, pray for the problems that were brought to my attention and maybe even have enough inspiration to cover Mary's bulletin board this weekend. I've only had the fabric for about six weeks.