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  When will it rain?

  by kenpodragon in

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  this last weekend i was doing some yard work to get the place ready for the winter-time.

  all of which left kind of a big mess of dirt on the walk way and the rest of the cement.

  i was so tired from working on this all day, the last thing i felt like doing at that moment was having to clean up this dirt all over the place.

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  BluesBrother

  I could never count up the number of times that I wished "It would rain" or that some unexpected event would happen and solve a problem for me.

  I am coming to realise,far too slowly,that you have to make your own rain in this life.
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  When do you want to die?

  by WhyNow2000 in

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  many people on this board expressedthat they dont want to live forever.

  when do you want to die?.

  for me: 1. the day i cant take care of my bodily functions and am paralyzed from the neck down or 2. when i am 100years old.

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  BluesBrother

  Just before I get to the stage that Shakespear described as

  "Second childishness and mere oblivion. Sans teeth, sans eyes,sans taste, sans everything"
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  Ignore Dad, he is not doing enough??

  by breeze in

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  unbelieving mates versus inactive mates...

  i could never figure out why the org told wives of inactive or brothers doing less, that they were to do their own thing and just not listen to their husbands?

  if they were married to a unbeliever the org said to listen to him unless it were a direct vilation of bible standards.

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  BluesBrother

  If she is married to an unbeliever , then there is hope that she will win him to the "Truth" by her "Quiet and mild spirit"

  If she is married to an unbeliever who opposes or even strikes her , she gets bucketloads of sympathy and support as a "Spiritual widow"

  If she is married to man who is inactive, or worst of all "apostate"- then he is a real no hoper fit only for buzzard food. She has to make it on her own.
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  England on fire

  by Brummie in

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  cough cough...geesh who enjoys bonfire night?

  acctually i do, fireworks have been lighting up the sky since saturday, apart from the dang bangers i enjoy the rest like any kid does.

  so happy bonfire night, iv'e been wondering who to throw on the bonfire this year...any suggestions?

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  BluesBrother

  When I was a kid ,in the "Truth". i did not mind missing Christmas, or birthdays - but I used to spend November 5th with my nose against the window, just watching the neighbours children having fun with the bonfires and fireworks. It just looked like a lot of fun and I could not see any wrong in it.

  As I write this I can hear fireworks outside , and it still sounds like fun.
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  Do we notice the small things?

  by kenpodragon in

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  while sitting on a mountain lake in the summer in the oregon mountains, i took the moment to see what a beautiful place it was.

  it had pine trees growing right to the shore, and sat at the base of mount pitt, which is a striking mountain on it's own with a majestic peak and steep angled descent on both sides.

  the mountain wind blew by and set this peaceful lake into a rippled affect that looked like a natural show of energy moving from one side of the lake to the other.

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  BluesBrother

  Nice one, Ken.

  And you do not have to be away in a beautiful holiday place - it is all around us if only we are not too busy to look
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  Found an old Talk..WARNING this may Cause Nausea

  by Xena in

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  was going thru some old files on my computer and stumbled across an old talk i helped my sister with for the school....talk about bringing back bad memories.....but you gotta admit...i was pretty good.... lindsey: thanks for the ride cindy.. .

  cindy: your welcome lindsey.. .

  lindsey: oh by the way a group of us are going ice skating tomorrow morning and i was wondering if monica and joseph could go with us.. .

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  BluesBrother

  Well, I would certainly have given you a "Good" on the counsel shhet for Scripture Application Made Clear" and "Conversational Quality" !

  And progress to the next counsel point, Sister.
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  Ozzie's Weekend Poll #24

  by ozziepost in

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  what a week it's been, eh?

  a new empress, a new jedi princess, so many new appointmnets.

  it just goes to show how blessed our group is!

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  BluesBrother

  I can remember one or two men who were prominent elders and were excellent ,loving caring shepherds that I was proud to serve with.

  Sadly the majority were not of that calibre, most very ordinary , and some downright devious power mad B........S

  It seemed funny then that some of the best were forced to step down , I wonder why? and a couple of cases where I definately know the facts - they were victims of the political power games .

  Inevitably , the most loving caring people were the humble folk, some in poor circumstances, even viewed as "Eccentric" by some , but real genuine people who lived their faith . I still miss some of them.
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  Are you living out some of your dreams yet?

  by LyinEyes in

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  i have been up watching saturday night fever, made in the year 1977. funny thing i noticed , the club that the tony(john travolta) dances at is called 2001 odessey.

  i thought god , i was 10 or 11 when that movie came out.

  i wanted to see it so bad, but good jw's would never see such a movie, the disco era right.

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  I just want to say how much the warmth and humanity of the members of this board means to me.

  Dede ,you have got us talking ,as you often do I know you can fulfil your dreams, at least you are still young enough to set out again.

  You are lovely people and mean a lot to me even if we only meet electronically.
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  JW answer on UN issu

  by happy man in

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  i find this on an jw site, its about the ub issu.. 1991, one of the legal corporations of the wts registered with the united nations as an ngo for the sole purpose of getting access to the extensive library of the united nations.

  this enabled a writer who received an identification card, to enter the library, to enter the library for research purposes and to obtain information that has been used in writing articles in our journals about the united nations.

  there was nothing secret about it.

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  BluesBrother

  Whuch W T website carried the information, Happyman?
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  I am new

  by madison149 in

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  i've been reading this site for about 2 weeks.

  the information and support here are great!

  i'm trying to fade away from the jw's without having to da myself (because of my many jw family members).

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  BluesBrother

  Hello and may I add my words of welcome.

  I had to fade ,because of wife and family. I had a lot of fading to do since I was an elder , Watctower Sudy Overseer, Secretary etc.. It could not be achieved ovenight. but I got off the treadmill and I am so glad.

  The elders would rather prefer to DF or DA someone instead of having them fade away.

  I beg to differ on that. Elders dont want to have to kick you out. They would rather keep hope of reactivating you.But the present day elders don't usually try all that hard . One or two visits is all their busy schedule will alow them to find . And use your husband as an excuse - you can be shamefully fibbing about that because they are wrong any way

  Take care and keep posting!