Posts by onacruse

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the sweetest thing

by forgetmenot in

what is the sweetest or nicest thing somebody of the opposite sex has ever said or done for you?

or what would you want somebody of the opposite sex to say or do to you to make you all happy inside?

i'm not looking for sexual things here just things that make you stop and go "ahh how nice".

onacruse

<<thinking that I should have listed a whole bunch more sweet things>>

Katie

Craig

22

What Pleases You?

by Robdar in

jw
friends

i have had a rough week.

my health is not good at this time.

this week i discovered a whole new depth of agony.

onacruse

Robyn: "Sorry and joy, pain and beauty. This life is a tapestry of rich opposites."

Exactly. Yin/yang. Not one without the other.

Slogging through the hard times, and most all of us have had some REALLY hard times, is what gets us to the other side to enjoy the good and the peace.

As for me, the single most important pleasure I'm now experiencing every day is to be loved by Katie, and to be in love with her. All the pain is quickly washing away to a faded memory.

Wishing the same for you, Robyn.

Craig

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A traveling Animal

by animal in

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friends

anyone in the el segundo area?

i just found out i have to go there to work next week and maybe the week after.

i will be there mon thru fri..... let me know if we wanna have some visit time.. animal

onacruse

Ahhhhhhhh...yet another sweet respite from animal's adolescent commentary!

Craig

20

Feild service and answering

by shera in

i was wondering how you all felt about feild service.. i didn't like it all all,i would have minor anixety attacks and sweaty palms before i went door to door.

i would have a hard time taking a door,so one time,my loving "sister" left me standing at door by myself.i remeber being "happy".

i was very uncomfortable going to peoples door and trying to force religion on them,when they didn't want it.i only went out because it was imbedded in my mind that i had to go door to door to save peoples lives.i didn't want to have blood on my hands of the people i may have helped save with god's words.. with the answering,i almost passed out...lol..i used to be painfully shy.when i didn't answer enough,i would be judged as not being spiritually(sp)strong.the woman i was studing with would try to raise my hand up.the way i looked at it there was no accepting of who you were...had to be like the social butterflies to be accepted.now thats what i call love.

onacruse

Well, for many many years I loved them both. Pioneered when I could, always answered, usually several times, at every meeting. Was excited when asked to give an impromptu talk. Thrilled when I started a bible study, brought several people into the org.

Hey, it was my life! What can I say?

That was then, this is now.

Craig

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Were/are you Anointed?

by onacruse in

i was very sure that i was, for several years (in the 80's).

never ate/drank the emblems.

don't feel that way now at all.. i knew a few others my age that had a similar experience.. fantasy?.

onacruse

Robyn: Interesting quote from 1 Pet. 2:9. The "peculiar people" rendering of the AV is not the best...should be more like NIV "a people belonging to God."

But your point is well taken, because here Peter is here making a sideways reference to the status of Israel as the "special property" of God (Deut. 4:20; 7:6; 14:2; Isa. 43:21; Mal 3:17). And what developed with Israel as they enjoyed their special status? Well, the Biblical record shows that most of the time they were just plain, as you say, "looney tunes."

Why would it be any different with modern "special ones?"

Isa. 5:13-15:

"Therefore my people are gone into captivity, because they have no knowledge: and their honourable men are famished, and their multitude dried up with thirst.
Therefore hell hath enlarged herself, and opened her mouth without measure: and their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp, and he that rejoiceth, shall descend into it.
And the mean man shall be brought down, and the mighty man shall be humbled, and the eyes of the lofty shall be humbled:"

Craig

21

What was youre favourite

by barry in

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friends

jw book.

the aid book i thought was very good mine is on loan to my dad who is an elder in another denomination so hopefully its still of some use.

barry

onacruse

Definitely The Greatest Man book.

I consider it to be the only book ever published by the WTS that stuck with the clear and simple message of the Bible. No convoluted prophetic interpretations, no "we-are-the-chosen of God" themes, no "be this, do that" counsel, no reading between the lines...just good old down-to-earth human experiences.

K.I.S.S.

Craig

12

oh, whatever......

by deddaisy in

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friends

not too many notice our coming and going, and i guess that's one of the advantages of an online forum.

but more and more lately, i don't know if it's me, or the forum, but i've noticed more and more hate.

we've always disagreed, so i don't know if lately we just bring more bullshit to the board or what, but there's this splitting of sides.

onacruse

Daisy: "A board always disagrees, like a barful of patrons, but lately it seems like it's more deconstructive than anything else."

I disagree...this forum is WAY more helpful and healing than deconstructive. That a few posters, on a few threads, seem to get so much attention is not the measure of value.

Since I've joined this board, almost 1,500 people have also registered, and there have been something like 50,000 new posts made here. Keeping up with them all is a bit of a challenge (LOL, like I even could), to be sure, but there is SO MUCH GOOD, UPBUILDING, PRODUCTIVE, HELPFUL commentary here.

otoh, I've learned to use the "ignore" feature more often...amazing how easy it is to blank out the extremely small percentage of nastiness.

Craig

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I LOST MY JOB TODAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

by Jesika in

jw
friends

i have been searching for a job since march, and finally got one waiting tables at a pool hall.

they fired me today due to "pushing" someone that i asked to excuse me.

then i was told that my "attitude" was a reason.

onacruse

((Jes))

When you let us all know you got this job, you said: "I have tried to get other work and will continue to, but this was the first thing to come through and it is something I am familiar with, so until something better comes along--I can work parttime."

And I responded: "Good for you, Jes....you are a fighter, and new opportunities will come your way, that's for sure!"

I still hold by that...this is just a temporary setback.

You ARE a fighter! Things WILL work out for you.

Craig

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Celebrity Look-alikes on JWD

by nilfun in

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friends

when i was a jw kid, one of the ways we amused ourselves at assemblies, conventions, and the local kh was to play "spot the celebrity".

fortunately for us, the joyful throngs of jehovah's people were brimming with celebrity look-alikes, so we were able to enjoy many upbuilding sessions of "spot the celebrity".

here are some celebrities i have spotted on jwd.