Poodle,
You mean "just some GOOD advice". I'm glad for you.
Warlock
I dont want to face death
by LovesDubs 16 Replies latest jw friends
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In Between
Great thoughts Stealth ... Lovesdubs, sorry for this difficult time. I know the older I get, the more the thought that my life is more than half over (if I follow the national average) wears on me.
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serendipity
((( lovesdubs ))). I've lost 3 relatives in the last four years, with another who won't last much longer. I don't have any pearls of wisdom. I just try not to think about it much and live my life more fully.
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sass_my_frass
It would be especially terrifying for any witness to face death, not ever believing they'd have to. It took me a year or so to come to terms with having only a limited time to live the life we want.
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nowisee
i always thought jws became jws bc they were just too afraid to face death.
there are worse things.
i wonder where james thomas is. he would have some words of wisdom to impart i am sure. -
whyizit
Sometimes I get blind-sided by the "orphan complex". My parents have both passed on now. They say you never truly grow up until you have lost both of your parents. I sure didn't intend to "grow up" so fast!
I made a serious financial mistake a week or so ago and I was really beating myself up over it. I woke up in the wee hours of the morning, thinking, if my Mom or Dad were here, they would help me. I could go to them, and everything would be alright. I feel so alone. Then it hit me. In the quiet, a whisper in my mind---"You are NOT alone. You are MY child. I LOVE you. I will get you through this and it WILL be alright. STOP worrying. You DO still have a FATHER. Now trust ME!"
Guess what? I instantly felt better and God did as He promised. He took care of the situation better than I could have imagined. Easy and painless. I spent more time worrying and agonizing than it took to get the whole thing straightened out.
Death is an "unknown", but it's something we all have to face. I think it will be easier for me to face it myself, than to lose the people I love ahead of me. I've done the homework with the Bible alone. No "publications or books" to add to it. I trust what God says and I really am not afraid of death any more. I still deal with the pain of losing my loved ones, but that is just part of the package. I just hope that they are all believers in the gospel by the time their number is called.
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DannyHaszard
From the time i was born 1957 to my Watchtower cult exit in 1992 every brain cell was programmed that i would never grow old.Coming to terms with your mortality after a lifetime in an apocalyptic cult is devestating.
Mass murdering cult Witness of the Watchtower Holocaust millions of long time Jehovah's Witnesses neglect their long term health care and will die premature deaths