by ashitaka 23 Replies latest jw friends
A rebuke is good for them (hopefully), so verify that your not a fuzzy fader, but your intentions are sound and solid and right.
I like to think of Abram sometimes, and reflect something like - 'let nothing at all of yours be mine: it's not a good thing before God that you would have any boast in that way'.
That's just my experience with them, no accomodation of their 'way', it's unacceptable. Doesn't mean not being kind or giving good things to them though - hard to explain I suppose.
Bang
I'll try to be cordial, but when I think of their purpose, I get angry. I gave up a lot of my youth to this silly cult, and now they want to crucify me for being a man.
I have enough to worry about with my grandfather passing away, without them bringing more heat on my head.
Do you know, not one of them, not ONE, not even ONE of those bastards has called my mother to see how she is. My mother gave up her family to come into the lie, and she has been totally abondoned, because she stuck up for her children.
It was a slow process, but the elders eventually excluded her from the congregation, and now she has no friends at all. My wife and I work very hard to make her happy, because so many people are working against her.
Now they want to get rid of me officaially. I just don't want to give them the satisfaction of me being one of the person's who 'go back to their own vomit'. Remember that shitty scripture? Heard that one a lot.
I want to tool with them for a little while before I get canned. I mean, I don't want to be a dub forever.
ashi
Hi Ashi,
I wish you peace my brother. I hope things may have taken an upswing with your grandfather. I lost one grandfather at 2 and the other at 12. I was very close to my Dad's dad. He always made me feel special when I visited his farm. I remember him holding me up to feed corn to the cows. Wish he had lived longer.
As far as the elders go. My vote is to not let them visit. Just keep them away from you and your family.
The best revenge is to live a good life. The sooner you are able to move on the happier you will be.
Life is good and there is just too much fun to be had out there to waste any of it on people who just want to complicate your life.
take care
Joel
F#*@ em ashi...I got yer back...heh heh
