I'd like to invite everyone to comment on this subject. The only thing I will add at this point is that it isn't only a matter of physical security, but one does derive a sense of security from how they view the world. This isn't always an accurate view, as most of us on this board will agree with atleast one example, but it is a way to make sense of things. Please, anything you would care to share.
Sense of security
by Introspection 2 Replies latest watchtower medical
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crossroads
Intro my Friend,
I'm not a "country " man----innocent men, women and
children dying in Japan, Chile, Iraq even Afganistan makes
me sad and brings tears. You have a point about personal
safety but I don't fear for me---I do for my boys. One of the
reasons I posted WWIII blues last night was this. I get
Stephen(my ten year old) on Thursdays and so a mall stop
was in order. I live in Phx. no one was there. A real Erie feeling
came over me. Of the very few that were there a man looking
like he was from the Middle East walked by. I didn't have
feelings of hate or fear but I did have this mother hen feeling towards my ten year old and I watched the mans every move.
He caught me looking at him---A real saddness was felt
and I felt I let the Human Race down----But I know as long
as Stevie is by my side I'll continue.............How Sad -
Thomas Poole
I'm 62. Children grown, independent minded, and industrious. I have two degrees--one literary, one engineering. I'm at the point where intellectually the general scheme of life is mundane and boring. I see society with dumb schools, dumb parents, dumb children, dumb corporations, dumb music, dumb movies, dumb internet chat, mostly dumb literature, sports idolatry, and Christian churches that are more social and pseudo entertaining, rather than Bible teaching. I see this world as Satan's territory, and I have to remind myself that I'm on his turf, in a war zone.
If I want to achieve worldly things at 62, I view life as my being 18 with 40 more years to live. I seem to be intertained by animal behavior more now days. Animals don't curse, smoke, drink, and they listen to wisdom. Also, I am delighted more by what I plant in the ground. I look for ways to help people who are down; they are the ones who are supposed to be teachable about Christ. I reminisce once in while about the 31 years I was in captivity by the WT, and wonder who or what I would be without that experience. The most important thing for me now is to teach and help others know Jesus Christ. It's hard to know how to fit in with these churches. Something about what I pray the Counselor to teach me.
Sometimes I say I have lived long enough to do everything wrong. Still, I feel joy in my heart, mind, and soul because I know the Father, Son, Holy Spirit, and this is more than just intellectual.
Free In Christ Jesus our Lord & Savior, as the Father would have it.