S.O.S.

by AGuest 138 Replies latest jw friends

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  snowbird

  ROFL.

  Syl
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  PokeyPokeyPokey

  i know i amm arriving to this thread late.....but the halitosis could also be occuring because of infected, needing to be removed tonsils. this happened to me. it was horrible. but now i have had my tonsils removed, due to constant infection, and the halitosis is no longer an issue. yay
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  AGuest

  THANK you, dear Pokey (peace to you!). I do believe it's more than just a case of bad breath. I am telling you... it was really bad! Never experienced anything like it!

  Peace!

  SA, on her own... and winking at the Rooster and Ms. Sylvie!
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  TD

  I knew of a man who went through a yearly purification ritual where he ate nothing but garlic and (What appeared to be) curdled milk. He could stun an elephant during that month. The man was from India and this was part of his religion. (I don't think he was Sikh, but he dressed similarly.)

  ---Tell me that wasn't an HR nightmare....
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  check

  Dear Ms/Mrs (?) aguest,

  Why do you have to be so mean? Why do you have to be so sarcastic and passive-aggressive in your response to me? Is this the way you act when someone challenges or disputes something you say or did your lord give you the "okay" to respond to me that way? Is this the way one, who has a position like the one you claim to have, is allowed to act towards people who disagree with them? I don't know if your lord talks to you this way, but if he does or doesn't, would you like him to? Would that be a loving thing to do to someone whom he claims to love?

  Just askin...
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  AGuest

  Dear Ms/Mrs (?) aguest,

  It is Mrs., dear check, and again, peace to YOU (which I also wished you previously)!

  Why do you have to be so mean?

  The truth is that I tried VERY hard NOT to assume the same thing of you... based on YOUR questions to ME. My initial reaction was, "Now, what is this person "on" about? A good, kind thing was done... and they want to assume a BAD thing? Why in the world is THAT??"

  Why do you have to be so sarcastic and passive-aggressive in your response to me?

  I may have been a little sarcastic, yes. It is not "forbidden," truly. But I was neither mean nor passive-aggressive. May I ask YOU... why did YOU take offense in the first place (and you did, although the matter had absolutely nothing to do with you)? You attempted to find some fault in my Lord directing me what to do... such direction working out KINDNESS... which is a fruit of God's holy spirit. You did not see that, though, but only something "bad." Whose light is dark, here?

  Is this the way you act when someone challenges or disputes something you say

  Well, I must admit that while it is extremely rare, yes, there are times when I respond with... incredulity, yes. I certainly did here because your "challenge"... well, truly there was no reason for it. What were you "challenging"? Kindness? Seriously??? How can you challenge KINDNESS?? You were SO... ummmm... eager... to find fault in what occurred ("Oh, there has to SOMETHING 'bad' here!")... that you pretty much created a scenario that never took place. Why?? I will tell you: because you lack LOVE.

  or did your lord give you the "okay" to respond to me that way?

  Absolutely! I did you no wrong, committed no sin against you. I simply responded to your false... and VERY mean... assumptions/presumptions. How is it that YOU can be "mean"... and then take offense when you think someone is being mean to YOU? Oh, I understand... you are of those who think I am supposed to be more "perfect" than you. Well, you must understand... I am a LEAST one... and a FOREMOST sinner. Which I have openly confessed here MANY times. Thus, I just might respond to a "challenge" in kind. So what? My Lord does not require me to be perfect, dear one... in deed or speech. He requires me... to be FAITHFUL. To put FAITH in what he says to me... and OBEY. And I not only did that... but openly professed that here... and gave HIM the glory. You, though, obviously had an issue with that. But that problem... is yours. Not mine.

  Is this the way one, who has a position like the one you claim to have,

  Uhhhhhh... to what "position" are you referring? I have no position, other than as a least one in my Lord's "house." Which makes me nothing more than a chamber pot emptier. Certainly you can understand that even chamber pot emptiers get a little "tired" of having others splash their... well, you know what I mean... on them? If you can't, then perhaps you should trying coming down here WITH me and emptying one or two your dear self...

  is allowed to act towards people who disagree with them?

  "Allowed"? To respond with TRUTH? Absolutely it is allowed. I am not a saint, dear one. I am a servant. A "lowly" one. And, yeah, sometimes I act a little "lowly." By this world's standard. Again. it's rare, but it does occur. I don't think it did in THIS case, however. I think you over-sensitively reacted in the first place (and only you and my Lord knows why!)... and are again. What is written at Eccelesiastes 7:9 might be of some help, however.

  I don't know if your lord talks to you this way, but if he does or doesn't, would you like him to?

  Do you mean is he ever sarcastic... or frustrated? With me, not any longer. Because I don't frustrate him, any longer. But early on? Certainly! And I had the SENSE not to be offended (again, see Ecc. 7:9)... but stop and ask myself WHY. What had I done/said that caused it? And there was always only ONE thing, my lack of faith. He even spoke harshly to his disciples on this matter:

  " And when they came toward the crowd, a man approached him, kneeling down to him and saying: “Lord, have mercy on my son, because he is an epileptic and is ill, for he falls often into the fire and often into the water; and I brought him to your disciples, but they could not cure him.” In reply [Jesus] said: “O faithless and twisted generation, how long must I continue with YOU ? How long must I put up with YOU ? Bring him here to me.” Then [Jesus] rebuked it, and the demon came out of him; and the boy was cured from that hour. Thereupon the disciples came up to [Jesus] privately and said: “Why is it we could not expel it?”He said to them: “Because of YOUR little faith. For truly I say to YOU , If YOU have faith the size of a mustard grain, YOU will say to this mountain, ‘Transfer from here to there,’ and it will transfer, and nothing will be impossible for YOU .” Matthew 17:14-20

  Would that be a loving thing to do to someone whom he claims to love?

  Judge for yourself. In the meantime, I am directed by my Lord, the Holy One of Israel and Holy Spirit, JAHESHUA MISCHAJAH, to ask YOU... where was YOUR love... for him... and me... when I shared the truth of what he told me with YOU?

  Is not love long-suffering... and kind? And was I not directed to be long-suffering toward the young man and his condition... and kind in dealing with it and him? Yet, you took exception and offense. Why?

  Does not love NOT become provoked? Yet, the truth that I shared with you indeed provoked you... to challenge and dispute it. Why?

  Does not love NOT keep account of the injury? Yet, here you are demanding a reason for what you perceive to be an "injury"... by me... when indeed none was intended at all. Why?

  Does love rejoice over UNRIGHTEOUSNESS (which being unkind to that young man would have been)... or does it rejoice... with the TRUTH... which I openly and honestly shared with you? Yet, you took exception... AND offense. Why?

  Does not love bear ALL things? Yet, you did not bear me or the "burden" of what sharing what I did. Instead, YOU became the very attacker. Why?

  Does not love believe ALL things? Yet, you did not believe. Him... or me. Why?

  Does not love hope ALL things? Where, then, was YOUR hope that what I shared was in fact true, that my Lord had indeed instructed me to direct the young man to a doctor? Why was it lacking?

  Finally, does not love endure ALL things? Yet, you were not able to even endure the truth that I shared with you... and still can't even now... nor my even more truthful response when you took exception. Why?

  The answer to each and every one of these is the same: you lack faith... and love.

  The word of my Lord to YOU, dear check... is to remove the rafter from YOUR own eye. THEN perhaps you can see how to remove the straw from mine. And please be assured that when that time arrives, I will gladly pull my lids back so that you can do so.

  Just askin...

  Just responding... and truthfully. Again, I bid you peace. YOUR servant and a slave of Christ, SA
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  wasblind

  "The word of my Lord to YOU, dear check... is to remove the rafter from YOUR own eye. THEN perhaps you can see how to remove the straw from mine. And please be assured that when that time arrives, I will gladly pull my lids back so that you can do so. "

  HA HA HA,

  Dang Shelby Girl, you really got me LMAO with that one
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  Broken Promises

  Stop being a santimonious bitch, Shelby. Check was asking an innocent question. There's no need for your backhanded insults.
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  AGuest

  Stop being a santimonious bitch, Shelby.

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  Of course, I wrote out quite a response, dear BP (peace to you!). Contained quite some truths because I do sometimes "have a way with words." Of course (and praise JAH!), my Lord came to me... and said to me, "This one is not worth it, child. Save your indignation for those times that warrant it... and come follow me. And I will respond on your behalf."

  So... that's what I am going to do, dear BP.

  Again, peace to you!

  A slave of Christ,

  SA, who is SO grateful for the "subduing" work of my Lord... as to me. 'Cause my Lord KNOWS... there was a time...
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  journey-on

  Ah, Shelby, indeed He disciplines those whom He loves (in gentle whispers sometimes). We are all a work in progress, aren't we.