Ever feel as if you've no more to give?
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by compound complex 17 Replies latest jw friends
Thank you, Wobble, Jabber and Hopscotch, for you prompt replies!
Am OK - thanks! Just wondering since we're all at different points ... [Jabber - waiting to get my personal report from some who went].
CoCo
it seems like what we give comes from some huge reservoir that is only available under the right circumstances, but anybody who has ever "given" knows that the gift wasn't only from themselves but from that reservoir.
These days, during my fade, I'm looking for ways to "give" to replace my efforts in the field ministry. I really did try to bring something good to people that way...
Thank you, wants and stilli:
Seems constantly, doesn't it? Get the point, too, about replacing the ministry with some equivalent in order to continue helping people. Francis of Assisi said that joy derives from humility and service to one's fellowman.
We still wanna help ...
CoCo
Yes, dear goldensky, I did!
Thank you so much for your encouragement. I looked up the word ember, which I used somewhere else in this connection. It is also defined as slowly cooling emotions, memories, ideas or responses that remain capable of becoming enlivened. I often feel empty - as on Sunday last - but those embers became enlivened.
Your words means much to me!
Love,
CoCo