My parents are sat upstairs right now going over a chapter in the Jeremiah book for their family study. While I went up briefly to get something, I overheard my dad relating a personal experience. Something about being on the ministry and getting a 'bad vibe' about a certain house. He decided not to knock on the door. It's likely this had some relation to an experience in the book about a witness who had decided not to preach at one house, and this in effect saved their life from a homicidal maniac or a rapist.
I heard the phrase 'The Angels are guiding us.'
It always amazes me how the witnesses seem to cherrypick experiences; repeating the good incidents, and overlooking the bad ones. It is common to hear of a brother being saved from certain death, or arriving at just the right time to save someone else. Such experiences are a common theme in the magazines and in talks. But how many witnesses do you think have been killed or abused while on the ministry? In turn, how many witnesses have reached a house too late, and that person has already ended their life? How many witnesses have died while praying for food to arrive?
My question is - seeing as the majority of you have been or may still be witnesses - did you ever think about these negative incidents while you were a witness? Did you ever consider why Jehovah is so inconsistent, when he saves one faithful man, but fails to save another? If so, how did you excuse these cases in your own mind?
Thanks,
Andy