I'm glad God never granted my "wish" for a husband while I was still in the Org. I'd be hurtin' a lot more right now if I was married/involved.
Name One Wish You're Glad Went Unfulfilled
by Ingenuous 21 Replies latest jw friends
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poppers
I am glad that the one I thought was my "true love" didn't return to me. Had that happened I don't believe I would have sought the deeper meaning of life.
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claytoncapeletti
During my first marriage I wished that we wouldnt end up divorced. I am very glad that wish wasnt granted to me. Now I am much happier and have truly found happiness.
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coolhandluke
I must side with you on this on Ingenuous. I so desperately wanted to be a MS, pioneer missionary with the perfect part-time working pioneer wife. We'd have missionary sex once a month because of our busy preaching schedules. She'd do whatever I told her because I'm the head. I'd never have opportunity to hear her express her feelings to our God, because it isn't her place. If I was "real good" perhaps in 10 years or so, we'd have the privilege of having our family and friends pay for our way back to the states so that we could share our experiences on the program of the District Convention. Maybe, just maybe after 10 years or so, after my grandmother had died without me hugging her and telling her that I loved her, my mother being ill and having to be cared for by strangers, or perhaps some other familial catastrophe that couldn't be attended to because of our pursing the greater good, we could participate in the traveling work where I'd get to see 15 year olds evangelizing the good news and I could pretend that they were the children that I had given up in sacrifice to my God. I am happy to be out. I am happy to have a mind without ceiling. I am happy to know that above me isn't a painted fantasy of the true appearance of sky and clouds, but that the real heavens are there for me to reach up to.
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Purza
Just seeing the title of this thread made me think to myself "man, am I glad I did not find a JW husband". That would be hell. Glad my prayers for a husband was not answered.
Purza
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Leolaia
There are two Mormons in front of my door right now, and I'm wearing only a T-shirt (no bottom).
For a second I thought of opening the door and engaging them in a Bible-based discussion, but I'm glad I didn't. Wonder if they're still there...
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Soledad
I'm glad I didn't get married to a JW. I'm glad I didn't waste my years at Bethel. I'm glad that I worked a night job (no Tuesday no Thursday meetings). I'm glad I worked Sundays too.
None of the things I wished for as a witness came true!
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xjwms
Glad I never made it to elder.
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Ingenuous
There are two Mormons in front of my door right now, and I'm wearing only a T-shirt (no bottom).
For a second I thought of opening the door and engaging them in a Bible-based discussion...
Hilarious, Leolaia. I almost wish you did it, too. I'm also glad I didn't attempt to go to Bethel as I'd planned. Something told me that I'd be horribly unprepared for the real world if I did, that I needed to reassure myself that I could support myself and that if I went, I'd be running away from finding out what it really meant to be an adult.
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Finally-Free
I'm glad God never granted my "wish" for a husband while I was still in the Org. I'd be hurtin' a lot more right now if I was married/involved.
Yeah, I wish I could say the same. The breakup was painful.
There are two Mormons in front of my door right now, and I'm wearing only a T-shirt (no bottom).
For a second I thought of opening the door and engaging them in a Bible-based discussion, but I'm glad I didn't. Wonder if they're still there...
I used to look forward to calls like you when I was a JW. And I never made any effort to keep the call short. In my 20 years as a JW there were only 2 occasions when a woman answered the door naked. Of course, I always tried to be friendly. I'm glad I never became a missionary. It would have sucked to be somewhere overseas when I became an "apostate" and separated from my wife. I bet the society would have left me stranded there. W