I've posted a few times about the troubles with my poor mom and the &*!@# elders telling her she can't talk to her daughter. Being that I'm the only family she has here to take care of her.
Anyways - I've kept my distance out of respect for her....that is...until a few weeks ago. It just hit me one night - why the heck am I still letting them tell ME what to do? So I called mom up and told her I was coming over for a visit. She was suprised, not sure what to say I think. I told her I was going to fix a few things around her house and, yadda yadda yadda. Then when I got there I told her "Well the elders can tell you what to do, but they can't tell ME what to do." Then I pointed her to the scriptures that command children to care for their elderly parents and widows and told her I had to follow biblical counsel over what any man says.
THEN - I e-mailed my elder/brother who has not had contact with her in over 2 years, even though he lives only 3 hour drive away - and I blasted him with these scriptures too. Told him that it was a command directly from the Bible - from God - and by not taking care of Mom he was basically slapping God in the face. I also threw in the "he who is faithful in little is also faithful in much" scripture the JW's like to toss around - and asked him if he thought he'd make it through Armageddon knowing he's refused to be faithful to a direct command from God in even a little thing.
One week later - mom called me and invited ME to dinner.
WOW! How's that for a turn around? I'm sure the elders will be talking to her again soon. But I've decided not to leave it alone - she'll just have to put up with me because she's alone and needs my help and no @#$@ false religion is going to keep me from doing what God says, in his bible, is the right thing to do.
Gee - I feel so liberated! It's hard to believe I was ever one of them. It really seems silly how I let them control me. Who are these people anyways? They have no rights over me so they can kiss my rosy red american (|) .... (you know what).
PS - I know, what's a Christian doing talking with that filthy mouth? Well - I don't cuss all the time - just a few well well placed words to season the message (ha ha).