passing time

sometimes when i look at N i can't help but to think of how fast time is flying by. he went from not being able to wrap his arms all the way around his head to now where he's able to touch the tip of his fingers. from laying around on his back/belly all day to now where he can't sit still without veggietales. and from not being able to get from point a to point b
without being carried around to now where he doesn't even want to be held.

"wow, i'm getting OLD" is the first thought that pops into my head when i watch N grow up. after spending a little over a week here at my parent's house i can't help but to look back at my past here. where i would spend the summers laying around on the couch and waiting for school to come back around. or i would spend the time jumping from couch to couch with my sister pretending to be the characters in the chinese dramas. haha..i remember one summer my sister and i spent a lot of time sitting on the bathroom sink having "tea time". we drank water until we got sick.

but, this afternoon i find my sister and i on the living room couches typing away on our laptops. she's doing "work" and i'm blogging away and spying on people on facebook...barely talking to each other.

so, what's different here? why is it that we never have time for others anymore? we fill in our free time with gaming online, facebooking, tweeting, watching tv, chatting online, blogging or even "working". we neglect each other and we've even gone as far as losing our communication skills, making up excuses for not making new friends. and, among all of these distractions we put in our life...where is God in our list of "things to do"?

i still haven't found the best way for me to give up some of my laptop time to spend with God instead. i know i should really force myself to spend it reading God's word. i know that if i long to chase after God i need to make the initiative.