Got this e mail that seems to be making the rounds. Sounds made up to me but in case you are interested in this sort of thing read on...
Interesting remarks at Morning Worship from Tom & Esther Chin:
Monday, January 28, David Splane, a member of the Governing Body conducte
morning worship. In his comments he referred to the last sentence in the
comments on the days text, showing how neither silver or gold could prote
ed
wrongdoers in the day of Jehovah's anger. How it is the same today and h
ow
so many of our brothers and sisters show their faith in Jehovah and
appreciate how money is not more important than life or principle.
He then told of how he had attended a graduation of a Ministerial Trainin
g
School in Turnersville, NJ a few months ago.
It seems to be the custom that, as part of the graduation exercise, stude
nts
will tell about the arrangements they had to make in their lives in order
to
be able to attend,the two month school. Some took leave of absences, oth
ers
actually lost jobs.
One brother related how, back in August of 2001, he received a job offer
from a very prestigious company (one he had been hoping and working towar
ds
for a long time). Almost the same day he received his letter inviting hi
m
to attend the Ministerial Training School. When he went before the compa
ny
for his interview, he told them he was very interested in the job. Howev
er,
he would have to have the first two months off to attend the school. The
y
told him that there was no way, unless he reported for work the next Mond
ay
morning, the job would go to someone else. =0D
Our brother could have reasoned that he had really waited a very, long ti
me
for this job. Perhaps he could go ahead and start the job, and after he
ha
more or less gotten his foot in the door and proven his worth, he would t
hen
be able to get the time off and attend a future school (after all they do
have Ministerial Training Schools on a regular basis). But he realized i
t
was a privilege from Jehovah, so there was no option here. He did not ha
ve
to think twice, he declined the job. =0D
Well, he knew he had made the proper decision, and he asked the audience
if
they knew where he would have been, today, if he had declined attending t
he
school, and had taken the job. =0D
You see, if he had gone to work for that company, he would have been work
ing on one of the top floors of the World Trade Center.