Shutting Down

After much prayer and thought over the past few days i have decided to take a break and pause in the Social Networking realm.

The thought that has been mulling around in my head for about 2 weeks is with twitter and all of this

why do i care so much about what people think of me and why do i care so much about what others are doing?

I spend so much time looking at what virtual people are doing while i am in the presence of real live people and i have missed and neglected parts of my friends lives. i have lost what it means to have a face to face relationship.

I have to be honest…i feel like i have worked so hard to create the LynseLeanne that i want you all to see. I live my daily life in Birmingham thinking about what “social networker Lynse” would do. I have lost sight of who i am and focus on who i want you all to see that i have deceived myself.

The conversations with Chad and another good friend today sealed the deal. I need to walk away from lynseleanne.com, twitter and facebook for a bit to look at my life. to silence my life. to focus on the things that matter….me, my husband, my issues, my calling, my job, my priorities.

The conversation that set me over was when i was asked “why and why not” and this was my knee jerk reaction…

why – to step back and silence my life. i care too much about what other people think about me and care too much about what others are doing and miss what the people in my life are doing.

why not – because it makes me nervous.

So, until Sunday, April 12th 2009 (Lent) i will be silent on my blog, facebook and twitter. i am nervous. i know that God is going to work in me and i cant wait to set my life apart and my time apart for God to work in me. But this is a step in my process of letting God control my life….which i am realizing i dont know how to do.

I will still be on email and please feel free to email me at lynseleanne@mac.com but know that i am not the fastest responder….but i will get there!

I would appreciate your prayers as i embark on this journey. I want to encourage you to set some time apart in your daily life to let God work. Silence the things in your life that take your focus off Him and listen…be…commune.

See you in 40 days!