So I went last night and it really wasn't that bad. In fact, I felt comfortable. I got the usual greetings, hugs, and one of the elders almost came to tears when he saw me.
There were also the "same-old" "same-olds" who look right through you and never say a word to you. Oh well, I guess they haven't been paying attention to all the counsel telling us that we need to put on that Christ-like personality. I don't see what's taking them so long. They never miss a meeting.
There was also Brother "I lost two of my kids to the world because I was way too strict with them and now they hate me and I don't know why". He never said a word to me either. Oh well, it looks like he's going to lose his last two to the world, also.
I also like the way the speaker used James 2:24-26. He skipped v.25. Maybe because the sum total of Rahab's works amounted to one event, not 20 years of Field Service. Hmmmmmm.
I saw this first meeting in almost a year in a different way, though. Thanks to you people on JWD, I was looking at what the scriptures were saying, rather than what the WTS wanted us to think they were saying. I will forever look at it in the same manner, too.
Friends, you actually made it easy for me to take. I don't know if that's good or not, but as the pressure builds to go more often, it really won't be that bad, thanks to you. You have taught me how to roll with the punches.
Warlock