Okay folks , I know no other way than just head on and straighforward ..so here goes . Am I a thread killer or what ? time was that a post was made and in a matter of hours comments were posted .
Now , a post can be left for many days , even weeks or a month with no response . Now I realize that I probably could end most of my posts a bit differently , asking for others thoughts or beliefs or just leaving a question , but someone help me out here .
So many of my posts read...(last post by Mystery ) and so it remains the last post . I am open to suggestions to get the board moving again . If you do not agree with my posts , that is fine , I probably will not agree with all of yours either , but lets communicate .
If we are going to have a real ministry here , we all need to get busy with posts about our Christian experiences and walk with the Lord. Parson is expecting a lot of folks here that we can witness to through our posts .
Lets get the gospel on the board .
E-Mail me , Pm me or just yell at me but let me know what you think we can do ...
For His glory ,
Mystery
Well Amen, and I'm probably just as much the one not posting as the rest. Forgive that MG...
Hi mystery, I am so sorry, it will nor happen again.When my daughter and
son in law were staying with me, with two babies. I have one bedroom free
the other is filled with my working supplies, so we did the air mattress and
baby bed in the living room. then he rebuilt my computer.[praise God]
[not an excuse, just facts]
I understand, because that is the way I felt to. I know I have A different
understanding than some, but we seem to find a medium. Tim tells me I
write A book in responds to every post I do.
IN JESUS MY LORD. Parsonsmom
**** I have already written this response and as I have read over it I was tempted to delete it and not post anything because it seemed like I was just making excuses for not posting replies. It may indeed be an excuse but it reveals a problem that has plagued me for months concerning this board. The Spirit often uses the things I have posted ( poems etc.) to show me what I need to do when faced with a problem. It still amazes me how He can put a writing or a poem in my heart months or even years before He intends to use it to show me what I need to do. In this case He has pointed to a writing called " A Helping Hand " ( which is on this forum ) and it is obvious He wants me to solicit opinions. With this in mind I have not changed the original response. Please, read it and let the Spirit write any answers you may offer. ***
The original response begins here ::
I shared your thoughts concerning the lack of response to posts on the board. However, as I thought on this problem, it came to me that, for myself anyway, the importance of posting lies not with the responses but rather with the reading of those posts. As I read many posts on this board nothing comes to my mind to say in response but the content of the post is in my mind where the Spirit will deal with it in His own time. So I continue to make posts and only watch to see that it is being read. When I come to the board, which is almost daily and many times more than just once, I always check to see new posts and then I read all of them. It takes very little time to read them and as the day wears on sometimes a response comes to mind. The primary problem I have encountered with posting responses on this board is not so much the content of the posts but rather I seem to have lost a desire to respond. This is something I do not fully understand right now, although I am recognizing it as the work of a servant of evil. When I was accepted back as a member of the forum, I said I had no desire to take part in the discussions on the board, mainly to avoid strife and misunderstanding and I am seeing that this servant of evil has taken my reasons for not actively joining discussions and expanded upon them and although it (the servant of evil) has no power to enforce its will on me it has placed this problem in my path but I am sure the Spirit will get me straight about it when He is ready and together we will place this servant of evil behind me.
March 2, 2008 3:19 pm....I am strongly tempted to delete my post here. I may do it before the day is over. Maybe.
Hi Sweet Mystery!
I don't know what happened to it, but I thought I had posted a resonse on this post, but now I remember that we talked about it in chat a bit, and I may never have gotten back to posting here. I am SO sorry! I share your concern, because there are even prayer requests that seem to get little notice. That is NOT good. Several times I have considered not writing another devotional for the same reason, because there is so little response.
However, YOU and your posts are NOT the problem here, and I do remember telling you that in chat one night. Unfortunately we are still a small group, and that is, I'm sure, a part of the problem. I don't feel a friction or real conflict here. In fact, I love this ministry and all of its members dearly. Sometimes, it's just neglect, and that isn't good.
Another thing is that we've crashed so many times that maybe folks have gotten discouraged, or don't know how to get back in.
I don't know, but I do know that you are a very precious and dearly loved member of this fellowship, and that I am very glad you have brought to our attention that we should be more attentive to each others' needs. I love you, Sissy!
I'm not sure what to say. I read all the posts in here but don't always post because I don't have anything that I can add. I truly value what you post and your opinions. I think that Gracey may be correct in that part of our problem is in our small community. Unfortunately I don't have any ideas to remedy that either. I know that it gets frustrating when you post something and nobody responds. I'll try to do better just don't give up.
Folks , Let me apologize . I did not mean this as a personal complaint . I noticed a marked drop in responses to my posts , checked on it and found that it is not just mine . I decided to post from my viewpoint to make it personal to each of us , figured each of you would realize that fewer posts are being made. Also Tim had made mention of wanting to get a more active board for the benefit of visitors or new members ..
I never meant it as a criticism or a "poor me " thing .
I need to do better on the responses myself and I do not feel any tension , friction or conflict . We are growing and I will , personally try to do better with responding to posts .
Thank all of you for your input here ..I love Y'all !
Mystery
Folks , Let me apologize . I did not mean this as a personal complaint . I noticed a marked drop in responses to my posts , checked on it and found that it is not just mine . I decided to post from my viewpoint to make it personal to each of us , figured each of you would realize that fewer posts are being made. Also Tim had made mention of wanting to get a more active board for the benefit of visitors or new members ..
I never meant it as a criticism or a "poor me " thing .
I need to do better on the responses myself and I do not feel any tension , friction or conflict . We are growing and I will , personally try to do better with responding to posts .
Thank all of you for your input here ..I love Y'all !
Mystery
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I know how you feel about the posts being answered .I talked to Tim about this and he told my not to write A
book. I will be careful from now on.
Mystery, did you get my private message?
I love all of you. I feel as if I have A second family. Aretta
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