Were you told to give till it hurts? (Time, contributions etc)

by truthseeker 9 Replies latest jw friends

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  truthseeker

  I remember hearing many times from the platform, and especially the assemblies, that we had to give our valuable things to Jehovah till it hurt - and if it didn't hurt, we weren't struggling enough.

  Especially contributions - did we give till we hurt or did we give out of our surplus? They love to use the example of the widow's mite to guilt us.

  One CO said that "some people only give Jehovah 10 hours a month!" - can you imagine that? What about all the hours spent studying and attending meetings?
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  fullofdoubtnow

  Yeah, been there, heard that many times. They never told anyone they'd done enough, always do more, give more etc.
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  OnTheWayOut

  Sure, I don't remember the "hurt" word, but I heard overseers saying, "Imagine only 10 hours a month, they spend more time reading a newspaper or watching television."
  Contributions have always been stressed, but at least they were anonymous.
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  restrangled

  Yep, my mom gave till it hurt her kids inheritance. She gave until my father would have turned over in his grave. She gave until the society asked her can you really afford to this.

  To the tune of $200,000.00.

  Many here have read this before from me, but for those who were not aware.........get the widows, because they don't know what to do with funds, she lost $10,000.00 investing with a brother who was a professional investment counseler not one month after my father died. She feels much safer with the society.......God help me keep my temper.

  r.
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  jaguarbass

  Never heard give till it hurts in the 60's and 70's must be a generation x thing.
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  Justice-One

  You just made me think of another way to stick it to the man....Monopoly money in the contribution box!

  That would be "almost" as good as telling the Elders just what I think of them via the same little box.
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  Alpheta

  Justice-One,

  Monopoly money. Good one! LOL! Perhaps with a note attached with a recommendation that the GB turn the funny money into the real thing, just like Christ turned the water into wine.
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  Justice-One

  Perhaps with a note attached with a recommendation that the GB turn the funny money into the real thing, just like Christ turned the water into wine.

  In my best Mr. Burns voice..."Exxcellllent."
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  Mr. Kim

  Still hurts after all those years!
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  Undecided

  I gave until I couldn't stand the pain anymore, so I quit and took a dose of worldly association and got over it.

  Ken P.