Thank you, Blondie, for the quotation that put those words into their proper context! Continued safe travels,
CoCo
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Comments You Will Not Hear at the 1-21-07 WT Study (Day Near)
by blondie inwill try again, getting error message.
says posted 6 hours 3 minutes ago which is not true, less than ten minutes ago.
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Comments You Will Not Hear at the 1-21-07 WT Study (Day Near)
by blondie inwill try again, getting error message.
says posted 6 hours 3 minutes ago which is not true, less than ten minutes ago.
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Dear Students of The Reformed Watchtower,
I'm attempting to relocate CTR's comments on maintaining a positive outlook re: failed predictions. He stated that, rather than allow failures to adversely affect our outlook, these should have a "stimulating and sanctifying" effect upon Christians. Am continuing to research the source.
CoCo
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How Often Do You Come To JWD During A Day, Week or Month??? Hours or Mins?
by minimus ini used to be here a real lot.
now i make about 15 posts , if that,.
per day and read a few other threads that interest me.
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Dear Diary,
Je suis baba! ------- I am flabbergasted! I asked for wisdom to carry on, and got what I needed. I think I just may make it 'round the bend, after all!
JE SUIS BABA!
Je suis CoCo
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How Often Do You Come To JWD During A Day, Week or Month??? Hours or Mins?
by minimus ini used to be here a real lot.
now i make about 15 posts , if that,.
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Dear Diary,
You realize, of course, that I spend a great deal of time with you daily and no longer attend "church." What I feel free to study on my own - apart from recruiting sessions under the guise of Bible study - sometimes includes information written by those whose teachings I've since abandoned. Get a load of this:
"...We must seek to be genuine Christians in every sense of the word. Does that mean we have to join a church organization in Christendom? Ask yourself now, Did Christ Jesus, who set our example and told us to follow his example to gain life, join any church organization in his day? No, God does not require us to do that; but he requires us to worship him, to preach the good news of the kingdom, to be Christians, to follow the example Jesus set, living in unalterable devotion to Jehovah God; to praise God and respect his supremacy, to resist all efforts to turn us from decency and to endure in faith. We have the Bible to show us the right way. Certainly it is not necessary for a person to become a member of a church to gain everlasting life. - John 3:16-18; 17:3." THE WATCHTOWER, March 1, 1953, p.143, "Integrity Leads to Life"
I'll tell you later how the requirements have changed....
C...
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How Often Do You Come To JWD During A Day, Week or Month??? Hours or Mins?
by minimus ini used to be here a real lot.
now i make about 15 posts , if that,.
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Dear Diary,
Words of hope and encouragement from Maya Angelou:
"I love the art of living, so I try to live my life as a poetic adventure; everything I do is part of a large canvas I am creating."
On concentration and dedication to all aspects of being:
"I have set aside in this day an hour for you." [M.A.'s words to an interviewer] "All my equipment is here, everything I know, everything I dream, all my wishes, all my fears, my losses, my defeats, are here and available to you. THAT to me is immediate and that is being poetic, to take responsibility for each moment."
C...
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New and SAD...
by The Dreamer inhello all...i've been searching for some sort of comfort in my situation.
i found a story written by "iamfreenow" aka marion.
i found some comfort to know that i am not alone in my challenging of my faith.
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Dear Mals,
Pour out your heart and soul here any hour of the day. You will get many a response - a variety of viewpoints that go way behind the unsatisfying, canned WT answers to life's problems. I am "merely" inactive, but I do feel the pain you describe even though my circumstances are surely not as harrowing as yours. It's taken me five years to recover from what began - five years ago! Don't give up!
Love and peace to you,
CoCo
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How Often Do You Come To JWD During A Day, Week or Month??? Hours or Mins?
by minimus ini used to be here a real lot.
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Dear Diary,
I have decided not to quit, though I am very disheartened at the moment. Bought some books today, but have to read them before I share with you. Have a wonderful quotation from Maya Angelou. Maybe I'll write it out for you later. What would I do without you, Dear Diary? I felt I had it all together, but perhaps I do not after all. Should I go back to all that I left behind? I await some wisdom as I am not feeling particularly smart nor well at the moment. Everything I've put my hand to has failed and my latest cause for joy....
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Name a few posters you would have liked to have in your former bookstudy
by JH inelder............ minimus, .
ms...............stillaexjwelder.
sister............buttlight, brooke, blondie, scully, .
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Dear Friends,
I just returned from a shunning in town and was so anxious to get home to my friends here at JWD. I was reminded that when I last attended book study, I was not allowed to comment. My sense of non-existence has returned.
I do love you,
CoCo
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How Often Do You Come To JWD During A Day, Week or Month??? Hours or Mins?
by minimus ini used to be here a real lot.
now i make about 15 posts , if that,.
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Dear Diary,
I wish I had something to tell you. Something to delight the ear or stir the soul. But I am devoid of anything meaningful. Would it matter, Dear Diary? Oh, I must ready myself for the day's adventure. The sun has disappeared and has thus, so quickly, dampened my otherwise cheerful outlook for a new day's dawning. Soldier through, hoping that "speaking my truth" will have some meaning for someone - somewhere....
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How Often Do You Come To JWD During A Day, Week or Month??? Hours or Mins?
by minimus ini used to be here a real lot.
now i make about 15 posts , if that,.
per day and read a few other threads that interest me.
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Dear Diary,
How you beckon me, O Diary Dear, when you know so well that I had planned to sleep in. No matter. Had to get the turkey into the oven. This otherwise-furnace will keep the other half of the flat warm; turn down the heater - propane so costly. Debussy's "Nocturnes" finished. Had to turn out the lamp when "Sirens" emerged upon me with its sensual enchantment. No wonder Odysseus had the crew lash him to the mast. Plugged ears. You realize their song of love and desire is but a ploy to lure you upon the rocks of destruction, whereupon they seize you, the unwary sailor, and dash you to pieces in the midst of uncharted seas. I did not plug my ears - am I a fool?
Coffee was rendered tolerable by an infusion of vanilla ice cream, bought for that very purpose. Fresh pot in the works.
Back soon, DD....C...