Sickening "Encouragement" from Facebook "Friends"

by CaptainSchmideo 6 Replies latest jw friends

  • CaptainSchmideo
    CaptainSchmideo

    I know a woman on Facebook who recently lost her husband unexpectedly, and at a relatively young age. (My age, and I still consider myself relatively young.)

    So, here she is, still raising some of her children, finding herself looking for work in her mid-Forties with few salable job skills in a depressed economy, and missing her husband terribly. She often posts comments at 2 a.m. saying she can't sleep, too many worries, etc.

    So, what kind of help does she get? Posts that say:

    "Don't worry, the New System will be here soon!"

    Once, she posted that she was worried about the stress of life getting to her. One extremely foolish woman replied that she should "stand in the back yard and scream it out. She did it during her troubling times, and if it freaked out the neighbors, so what?" (On that post, I sent her a PM stating that if she was really having difficulties, she needed to consult with a professional. She thanked me for the advice, but I'm sure she's relying more on the "power of prayer" than anything else).

    So much of this stuff she gets is in the "keep warm and well fed" style of "help" that I just want to puke.

  • cantleave
    cantleave

    So many people putting their lives on hold for a dream. I hope she does get professional help, the elders are completely useless in these types of circumstances, and power of prayer is comparable to a 10 year old AAA.

  • man in black
    man in black

    poor woman,

    my picture is a good example of how i feel after reading her story

  • UnConfused
    UnConfused

    Phrases like "leave it Jehovah" and "The new system will be here soon" ...................It's no wonder when we leave we leave so utterly and completely is it?

  • kitten whiskers
    kitten whiskers

    What a hard situation. Maybe her eyes will open from the stress of the hardship and the lack of love.

    In church last week, they took up a "love offering" for a couple. The husband had just recently had a heart attack. It was the first real outpouring of concerned Christian love like that I've ever witnessed. It wouldn't happen at the Kingdom Hall! This poor woman is surely in need of such an out pouring of love.

  • chickpea
    chickpea

    the dr0nes are up to their asses in alligators
    being constantly harraunged by the GB thru
    its minions with the message "you suck and
    therefore will die unless you suck less" and
    therefore dance to the tune being played

    they have forgotten the mission started out
    being the simple command to love one another

  • WTWizard
    WTWizard

    "Don't worry, the new system will soon be here".

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