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THE SETTING:
Jess’ Purple Prayer Chair. Jess is sitting looking out the window with her Bible open in her lap. Rain is falling gently outside. A pumpkin-scented candle is flickering on the window sill.
JESS (TO HERSELF, OPENING HER COMPUTER): Ahhh! What a wonderful time of prayer. God, you were so good to speak to me today. I can’t wait to write about my time with you today. You are so good…
(SOUNDS OF LAPTOP LOADING)
Well, maybe I’ll just quickly check Marybeth’s blog before I start.
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Hmm…Ooo! Yea! She has a new post…Um, “A Day Off”…A day off from motherhood. Wow. Yes. That is just what I need. I want a day off. I think I’ll leave her a comment. Oh…look at these comments she got on an earlier post.
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Blah…blah…blah…Who is this woman posting a comment?
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Oh, wow. Look at her blog. It is so pretty. I wonder if she paid someone to design it. Look at the colors. Man, I wish I could pay someone to work on my blog. My blog is SOOOOOOO boring. It always looks the same. Why can’t I update it like Erin. I mean, she is always changing her blog…
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Oooo. Look at this! Erin’s husband is so awesome. I can’t believe how Erin always talks about how great her husband is on her blog. Why don’t I do that? What is wrong with me? I only talk about how I need to work on my marriage. Maybe I should try to write a list of nice things about Hugh…Wait. I wonder if Dawn has posted that she’s pregnant yet.
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Yeah! She has. And look at that cute picture of her son. I can’t believe she’s pregnant. She is such a better mom than me. I mean, she’s actually excited to be having a fourth child. I think if I found out I was pregnant, I would become seriously depressed and become an even worse mom… [addressing self in a confrontational, yet loving manner] O-kay, Jess. Stop the negative self-talk. Remember the email Cindy sent you last week about parenting? The one that really encouraged you?
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I can’t believe how many people always comment on Cindy’s blog. What is up? I mean, she must have a million friends. I only have two friends. Maybe it’s because she is a lot more wise then me. I should try to be more wise. Like, maybe I should wisely try to limit my blog time. Didn’t someone just blog about that…? Oh, yeah!
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Wow. Kimberly has a REALLY cool-looking blog. And a great name…Hmmm. “Planting of the Lord.” Very nice.
Maybe I should change the name of my blog…
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(SPREADSHEET OPENS, JESS BEGINS TO TYPE)
“Jess is Not a Mess”… (This is good. Very clear. It’s not all about me being raised in dysfunction.)
“Streams In the Desert”… (Very nice – but already taken by an author like 100 years ago.)
“I Love Hugh”… (I like this. It addresses my problem of not being positive enough about my husband. I can make my whole blog centered around my love for him… It will will a hugh-blog… A “hulog”. Hmm.)
Ok. Enough of this crap. Oh, wait. I am trying not to say “crap” anymore. I’ve even told John this during our “Small Groups Team Update” phone meeting. John has a great blog…
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Look how focused John is in his blog. It’s all about his vision for being a small groups Pastor. Maybe my blog needs more vision and focus.
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(FRONT PAGE OF JESS’ BLOG APPEARS)
Well, it doesn’t look that bad. And I’m fairly focused. I like my pictures and my blogroll… Oooo. Look at all the great books I’m reading. Hm…let me reread this thing I just wrote…
(JESS READS)
Well. It’s pretty good. I like how I shared what God showed me yesterday in my time with Him. Too bad I don’t have time today to write anything. But, somehow, the time flew by and I didn’t have the time to really write.
Maybe tomorrow.
I hope you don’t mind me commenting on your blog and you don’t know me. I just want to say first of all that that is ME to a T. Click , Click, Click. Oh, where did the day go?
Second, your title of your blog, moves me deeply. Don’t change it. =)
Yip, before I know it 2 hours have gone by! So sad.
I am always saying…maybe tomorrow. I need to stop that and get things done today!! I liked your post today. I have actually been here a few times now. I come back because you are so honest about what you are going through or what you have gone through. I love your honesty it helps me to look inside myself more. Something I think we all need to do more of…
~ Cheri
Hey, again!
So glad I came back by. I have laughed out loud all through your post. Not laughing at YOU, but laughing because you sound just like me!!!! I have been pondering a post about how my self-worth should not be found in my blog!
I love the look and name of your blog!
But I am always thinking about how I should change mine, too!
Okay…I am supposed to be going to take a shower! What on earth am I doing still on the computer! Walk away, Kimberly. Walk away.
Love ya’!
I am always thinking about how I can’t wait to write about what Ggd is teaching me… but first… what is He teaching others? Oh… but… what He taught me isn’t nearly as interesting.. or my blog isn’t nearly as pretty… or my title isn’t as cool… or I am not as good of a writer… yadda yadda.
I do it with your blog ALL THE TIME. haha. “Jess has a way with words and I would much rather link to her blog from mine than try to explain what I learned today. Anyone who reads my blog would get more from her post than from anything I’d have to say.”
It’s a backwards way of thinking, you know? I’d still really love to hear what God taught you this morning.
So… when you’ve got the time……..!
ah. the ever-elusive contentment….
i hear ya, my sistah!
I think you must have BAADD, which would be Blog Activated Attention Defecit Disorder. I have it too, when you find a cure, post it so we can all be committed, I mean healed!
I’ve solved my “what to blog about” dilemma by only blogging like once every 6 months.
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That Jess. She always writes such insightful things. She’s always talking about what Jesus has shown her. All I talk about is my stupid mistakes in the kitchen and vomit. I need to be more like Jess. Except that she is crazy to think I have lots of friends. If only she knew how many friends I DON’T really have in real life. That girl is off her rocker.
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The scene. Marybeth sits at her computer clicking away on blogs while her children stare vacantly at the tv in the next room. Her son wanders in and asks for a cookie. She knows he doesn’t really want a cookie, he wants her attention. He needs her time. Instead she tells him absently, “Later,” and clicks on some more blogs. Then she gets to Jess’ blog. And is reminded how silly this all is. And how pointless all this reading about others’ lives is when all that really counts– all that she has to account for– is her own. And so Marybeth leaves a comment thanking her friend Jess for reminding her of this. Then gets off the internet to go live her life and love her son.