Lynse Leanne

WELL….i am back, but i am going on vacation….we are leaving in about an hour to head on south to the beach….i wont not be posting, but i cant promise i will be posting.

You can follow me on twitter here or my husband here.

I will possibly live streaming some time and you can go here to see if i have any videos up.

have a good week….i am going to play in the sun and sand!

these last 40 days have been the most refreshing 40 days i have experienced. I know that i was probably not missed as much as i missed this, but i am glad to be back.

I have fresh vision for lynseleanne.com as well as fresh vision for life. I have been in a season of setting myself aside for God to work in me…and He did. He has been. and He is continuing to.

Over the next few weeks i will begin to unpack all that was my 40 days…i hope that i can find the words to share with you what i have learned…what i have taken away….what i will change…and what i will encourage you to do. I am coming back with more honesty….i will push myself to be more vulnerable….

I will say this….if you are cheating your family, your job, your friends, your community, your church because you hide behind your screen…turn off the computer right now and pour your everything into the real people around you. because as Andy Stanley says, something in your life is being cheated… and those relationships are the ones you dont want to cheat. I encourage you…cheat on me…i can handle it.

So… go…
love on your God….
your friends….
your husband…
your wife….
your parents….
your dog….
your cat….
your kids…
your community….
your job…..

What have you been cheating? I was cheating my real life and crutching on lynseleanne.com…..

your turn.

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 posted last summer about my journey and process with Self Injury here.

I am not saying that i am going to answer the questions….i just want to know if they are out there….and if they are what are they.

So….

I am curious….is there anything that you wish you knew about Self Injury?