An elder and his wife paid my mom a friendly shepherding call and they asked how my ex was doing. She said, "fine, as far as she knows". Then they asked about my daughter and my mother praised her for her hard work and the fact that she won a special award within her company in which she gave a speech for, and then the former Bethel Elder said, "Well, that's how Satan the Devil gets people, through praise and making people feel that their work is more important than anything else". My mother said, "I'm sure all that experience in the Ministry School helped her".
I immediately said to my mother, "Like Satan must do to the elders when they're given praise for their talks at a Circuit Assembly"? She said, "I knowwwww".
Then I asked and what did they ask about me? They asked if I helped her as much as before. My mother answered that she depends upon me for doctor's visits, prescriptions and many other things. They questioned whether she thought any of us might "come back" and she answered that she didn't know.
I told her to tell anyone the next time, that since she "can't read anyone's heart, she can only leave it with Jehovah".
I tell ya, these people are so judgmental! And they're always looking for something.