my recent escape from a home beloved was of sheer and unqualified necessity.
my people and i have been overtaken by a scorpion race of alien malefactors whose intent towards us is not one of beneficent intervention, but that of utter conquest.. if it were only the mere subjugation of a weaker species, we might have acquiesced, although begrudgingly.
however, the terrifying reality enjoined upon us proved to be the conquerors' brusque insistence that their insatiable hungers be satisfied with our quailing flesh.
Thanks, millie and Nancy:
Good thoughts, millie. For once I figured it should be the men of Earth who become the alien invaders. Maybe it's a fish (thanks, ND) or a furry little beastie who makes this anxious declaration . . . Come to think of it, Earthlings often ARE the bad guys!
Just now saw this. Sorry for delay.
Gratefully . . .
my day's long and arduous journey winds down.infinite night gracefully descends and takes me into herwelcomed embrace.. i have no reason to fear the inevitable,that transition into a higher andmore glorious state.
than allowed me upon thisbeautiful but angst-filledhabitation.. i rejoice in what has beenprepared from early on.i await the call .
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Thank you, ZAPPA-ESQUE, prologos, Village Idiot, and Vidiot for comments. Much appreciated!
The photos, too -- I wanna travel!
[. . .] this is the kind of poem a terminally ill person would write when he or she had reached the "acceptance" stage?
Good thought, Vidiot.
Yes, you're correct. A few times in the recent past I was seriously ill, and I thought and acted accordingly. But, it appears, I recovered! Likewise, having been through the so-called stages of grieving, I have arrived at acceptance -- the last stage. I am so there.
No more denial or bargaining or anger . . .
THANKS!
my day's long and arduous journey winds down.infinite night gracefully descends and takes me into herwelcomed embrace.. i have no reason to fear the inevitable,that transition into a higher andmore glorious state.
than allowed me upon thisbeautiful but angst-filledhabitation.. i rejoice in what has beenprepared from early on.i await the call .
.
Always nice to hear from you, smiddy!
Sort of half and half re family. My entire family followed me in pre-1975. But it's the next generation that never got baptized, or left. At least I can talk to them. Thanks for asking.
About the poetry I write: It's simply acceptance of what I believed and lived for nearly 50 years. But now, a new start. My old life is over and I welcome whatever new might come my way. Physically, we are old and our lives are almost over, despite what we were taught about living forever. As my poem suggests, maybe Heaven is a possibility and that ain't so bad.
Best wishes to you and yours! I appreciate your kind words and, likewise, enjoy getting your perspective on things.
my day's long and arduous journey winds down.infinite night gracefully descends and takes me into herwelcomed embrace.. i have no reason to fear the inevitable,that transition into a higher andmore glorious state.
than allowed me upon thisbeautiful but angst-filledhabitation.. i rejoice in what has beenprepared from early on.i await the call .
.
MY DAY'S LONG AND ARDUOUS JOURNEY winds down.
Infinite night gracefully descends and takes me into her
Welcomed embrace.
I have no reason to fear the inevitable,
That transition into a higher and
More glorious state
Than allowed me upon this
Beautiful but angst-filled
Habitation.
I rejoice in what has been
Prepared from early on.
I await the call . . .
these are of early '70s vintage, i recall.
my job was to sort through thousands of these and be sure they were not "off register.".
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Yes, funny about memories. Thanks, HappyOutsideTheBox, OrphanCrow, wannaexit, sparky1, jaydee, Tantalon, Half banana, smiddy, Dunedain for sharing.
The Terrible Lizard in my green Bible was a T-Rex!
I wanted to answer the question about who was the artist. I never knew her personally, although I do recall seeing her once or twice, in the lobby, a corridor, . . .
Then, after hitting submit, "Sister Mann" popped into my head [edited to add]. I have not thought or said that name since Bethel, over 44 years ago!
Best wishes, all . . .
Hi, Minimus:
Your question could be construed as "Who is in charge of -- controls -- the GB?"
Just a thought . . . Then again, we here on JWD do not brook conspiracy theories!
we know he was faithful to frederick franz (or frederick franz was faithful to him).. we know he was discreet because so little is known about him today.
for example, we know that he was in the writing department (even though he never professed to being a jw), that wore expensive jewelry and that he was frederick franz spokesman (or did i get that backwards?)....
also, much has been said about salihs strange hebrew-to-english bible translations (supposedly used by frederick franz when writing certain wt articles) and several illuminati and/or freemason conspiracy theories have been analyzed, yet this guy has managed to slip under the radar almost completely unnoticed by all jws and will probably be completely forgotten in just a few years.. so, who really is the faithful and discreet natheer salih?
I posted here four years ago, so I read.
I met the man by the name given in the OP. He gave our Memorial talk about 16 years ago. He is around 5' 7" and nothing like described above. He and his wife are Bethelites.
Strange, other men with that name . . .
my recent escape from a home beloved was of sheer and unqualified necessity.
my people and i have been overtaken by a scorpion race of alien malefactors whose intent towards us is not one of beneficent intervention, but that of utter conquest.. if it were only the mere subjugation of a weaker species, we might have acquiesced, although begrudgingly.
however, the terrifying reality enjoined upon us proved to be the conquerors' brusque insistence that their insatiable hungers be satisfied with our quailing flesh.
You got it , KIDDO!
these are of early '70s vintage, i recall.
my job was to sort through thousands of these and be sure they were not "off register.".
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Yes, scratchme1010, we do remember the dinosaur -- in the green NWT!
Thanks!
in the august broadcast, david splane is shown in a morning worship video.
i just wanted to focus on the end of the video, were he has this to say:.
the governing body loves to get together and discuss the bible.
"[. . .] resurrected ones of the 24-elders group may be involved in the communicating of divine truths today." -- Revelation: Its Grand Climax At Hand, pages, 124, 125, paragraph 17.
