October 2, 2004

• An interesting exchange occurred after I read the comments on my last blog and went to a dear friend’s (Claudia) site:
  
  She wrote: (CLAUDIAS) Mike recently checked on all my subscribers for me, since I am terrible at keeping up with that, and he found most of them were no longer blogging at all!!!…Today I must make the effort to say hi to all these faithful friends. 
  
  A commenter at her site said:
  
  (Portia) I find if you don't keep in touch yourself, you do lose touch, but a lot have given up for what reasons they do not say, so i have a lot of new people, not many of the old ones , you of course but you were missing for a  long while ,still i expect you had good reason and we sometimes forget on here that people are living real lives ,not xangan ones. Still i think it helps us keep sane in a crazy world.

  
  

   

  
  

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  psalmist149: I, too, have noticed as I go through blogrings and subscription lists, just how many people have come and gone on xanga. …I have become a sometime blogger in the last few months and sometimes wonder if it is just a temporary lull or the passing of another "fad" that I've lost interest in.  I think part of it is the fact that at first I had a few subscribers that I was able to keep track of through both blogging and email and was able to establish some kind of relationship with.  You and Patrick are two examples that are still around, there are several others whom we very seldom hear from.  When my subscribers grew large I attempted to stay in as much contact as I could with each one by at least visiting their blogs each day but at some point the time requirements got completely out of hand and I was just leaving my "signature" but never any substantive comments.  I lost that personal level of attachment that I had had for some of you.  At any rate, I try to post at least once a week (or thereabouts) these days and to answer just those who have taken the time to visit me and respond to my blog.  This isn't the sort of encouragement I was intending to be to others, but it's all I can handle at the moment. 

  
  

   

  
  

  Conclusion: So basically, to have friends, you have to be a friend.  We need to remember that when people aren’t around, it may be because they have things to do in the reality of their lives and xanga, on the surface, isn’t reality until we make the effort to reach out on a more personal level.  I can remember the responses I’ve gotten in the past when I emailed some of those I had a relationship with on xanga that hadn’t posted for a long while.  Some I never heard back from but others were so grateful that I had missed them and would take the time to try and find out how they were.  Most commented that I had been the only one to reach out to them in that way.  So, xangans come and go but those of us that are still around (even part time) need to remember not to stretch ourselves too thin and to not forget those we’ve had the honor to interact with here.

  
  

   

  
  

  God IS Good!
  
  Go Ahead! Say It! Believe It! Confess It!
  
  You're Invited!!
  
  Go to The Prayer List , don't forget the others in need!

  
  

   

  
  

  "Next to the wonder of seeing my Savior will be, I think, the wonder that I made so little use of the power of prayer." - D.L. Moody

  
  

   

  
  

  Due to some confusion as to where to send prayer requests I want to clarify that you can use the email link at Isaiah56 (The Prayer List) or use this link (Click Here).  Please include your xanga address so I know who you are!

  
  

   

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