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Were You Considered A Spiritual Person In The Congregation?
by minimus 28 Replies latest jw friends
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gumby
We, as a family were considered, "spiritual GIANTS".
So Minimus.........yer tellin me you was a big geek!????
Gumby
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blondie
Depends how "spiritual" is defined.
To some I was, including elders. That's why they would like us to come back. We supported the congregation in many ways, financially, with our time, volunteering to help others in the congregation, repairing things at the KH, etc., etc. We were used in parts at the assemblies. But spiritual in preparing for the meetings and commenting, being regular and effective in the ministry discussing the Bible, showing up prepared for our parts on the meetings, regular and auxiliary pioneering, working seldom worked territory.
But the most important thing is what does God think of us? Don't ask the elders that question...he isn't talking to them.
Blondie
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minimus
Blondie, I think you're still a "spiritual" person...........Gumby, Xena, and Phantom---not you, though!.......Seeit----you're a sweetie!
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Sentinel
Yes, I was. Inside my heart, I was torn to bits. Didn't know who I was. Felt like a robot most of the time--suppressed my own feelings and denied my "little voice"--while doing all the borg stuff, like they said I should. It was in my nature to be loyal and live by the rules.
Kinda strange how the true meaning of "sprituality" surfaced after I gave up all religious dogma.
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mrs rocky2
As a teenager, summers were spent 'temporary pioneering' (baptized at 14, so that was a lot of summer spent in service). Dad was Ministry School Overseer and book study conductor, so my sis and I were called on to fill in for talks at a moment's notice, answer at bookstudy when no one else raised their hands. As a young married person, many told me I was the perfect example of a Christian woman...i studied my WT in depth (maybe that's why I saw the writing between the lines?). Rocky was always the practical, helpful person. The elders gave him the 'do-not-call' list to check on since he could talk to a lot of the folk in the community who hated the witnesses. But the same elders treated Rocky like a low-life since he didn't 'take the lead' in service, didn't like giving parts on the meeting, rarely answered. There were even some who had him unofficially 'marked' because he always spoke his mind and loved a good discussion (he says he likes to argue).
"Life is pain, Highness. Anyone who says differently is selling something."
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eyeslice
Minimus
You and I must have been out of the same mold. I gave my first full public talk at 19, and was at the same time assistant school overseer taking the second school, and a stand-in book study conductor. This was just prior to the elder / ministerial servant came in, so I was appointed a MS as soon as it did, when I was just 20.
Elder for many years, assembly parts, served as an elder in a third world country for a time. A model in field service, kingdom hall construction worker, parts on the elders training school, etc. You name it I have done it.
I have been going down hill for the past couple of years after I realised just how many back-stabbers, "I'm only in it for me" people there are in the organisation, especially at the top.
Still, I had (still have in the eyes of many) an excellent reputation in the congregation. Brothers and sisters are totally "gob smacked" I simply stopped everything at the beginning of this year.
eyeslice
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minimus
Eyeslice, is it the people that get to you most? For me, it's that it really isn't "truth".
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Larry
Yeah, a 'Big Tree of Righteousness'.
- Larry :)