"We eagerly await a life free of sickness, old age, pain and suffering. While it is good to be in expectation of such things, what if we become so preoccupied with future physical blessings that we are blind to our present-day spiritual blessings?........We could easily become discouraged and feel 'sick at heart because our expectations have been post-poned beyond what we imagined (or, what we were promised)........we could develop a complaining attitude. (ya think?)"
Hell this has must make the old timers furious, after all the only reason the majority of them are jdub's is to gain from the false promises of living sick free and perfect on a paradise earth. My parents are old time witnesses now in there seventies and I know for sure that when my father in particular reads comments in the watchtower like this one, he becomes disheartened, even depressed. The society is grasping at straws, they are trying to buy time for they know that time has caught up with them. Many long term witnesses must be starting to get really pissed off because things are not going the way they were promised. It's articles like this one that are going to encourage current jdub's to start questioning these pie in the sky promises.
Ps. Mary, thanks for another great post.