The Great Adventure: Slaves in America???

We live in a country that has fought for the freedom of its people.  We have freedom of religion, of speech, of the press, to assemble, and to petition.  But my question is, "Are we really living a life of freedom?"

Through my time in Scripture and living everyday life, I have found myself asking this question to myself. (If it seems like I asked myself alot of questions, its because I do :)  After re-evaluating my days and what I was spending time on, it was time to tackle the things in my life that distracted me from serving God and my family to my greatest ability as an extremely flawed woman. (thankfully God's grace is sufficient and his forgiveness is great)  I made a mental list of the things that people and I could be a "slave" to in a "free" country so here it is: (there may be more to add but this is all I could think of at the time)

1. Sports

2. Sex

3. Work

4. Money

5. Marriage

6. Computer

7. Facebook

8. Blogging

9. Drugs/Alcohol

10.  Food

11.  Our Kids

12.  Sleep

13. Bargain Hunting
14. School
15. TV
16. Exercise
17. The Phone (any form)
18. Texting
19. "Me" time
20. Politics

The above things are not bad in and of themselves but if you worship them and they are stealing away precious time from more important things in your life then I think its time to rearrange your priorities.

Once again, more things that God was wanting me to change.  My number one slave: FOOD (sleep and bargain hunting were on my list too...I was shocked to see what I did sometimes just to get a bargain...scary).  I did not realize it until I actually sat down and thought about it.  For the most part, I have no self-control when it comes to food.  It was something I did live to do.  It was so convicting but I did nothing about it.  I acknowledged it and then it sat on the backburner for months.

God kept tapping me on the shoulder to remind me about this area but I decided I had better things to focus on at the time like homeschooling, scrapbooking and taking care of the kiddos.

The tapping continued for months here and there.....but still nothing..........