Shutting Down
24 Feb
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!
i’m gonna have to find some offline friends.
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oh my. but proud of you. will you still train natalie???? LOL!
Good job listening to what is right for you, at this time. May you hear Him more clearly.
Wow…. what a testimony! will be praying for God to reveal Himself to you in such an intimate way! Blessings!
p.s.- will miss the quick wit online… guess i will have to visit more in person. :)
Ilove the finding old friends part of social networking, but am wary when it becomes a substitute for or screen from true intimacy. I’m excited that you are taking this break.It will be neat to see what happens in your life as you focus on face-to-face relating!
I think this is awesome. I am proud of you and what God is doing in your life. I will be praying for you and can’t wait to hear the amazing things God is doing to do in your life. May you blessed through this time and fall in love with God all over again.
I will be supporting you in prayer, and will miss you in the meantime!
Just so you know – your blog and your twitters help me to break from the often stressful world of pediatric healthcare. It is deeply gratifying to take small breaks and ponder over the things that you bring to the table – even if just for light amusement at times. It does take a special creative talent to be able to lead such discussions, and I hope that God will validate that gift in you!
I’m sure there will be a renewed sense of lynseleanne when you do come back…..just waiting.
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May the blessing of God’s silence and the grace of God’s whispers breathe fresh and new life to take you to places you’ve never been before, Lynse.
You are a gift if you are online or not. I have noticed, but have not posted until now, what a gift you are to many online. You have a gift for bringing out honesty and vulnerability.
I view blogging as I do authors. Authors need breaks to refresh and make sure what they are writing lines up with who they are. Pastors too need to take breaks to be sure what they preach lines up with who God really is making them to be.
I, for one, love when people like you do the right thing. I have always felt, in my short blogging time, that we could use to blog less, not more, for the sake of our writing and living.