well to say the least i have not been much of a jw lately......young person just having trouble on the road of life...i drifted away from jah and started moving toward witch craft.....not the best decision of my life to say the least but i am trying to come back.
i have not really ever been good with getting to the meetings having school homework friends and just my plain laziness but it seems to have gotten worse lately.my mom seems to have the impression that it is a good idea to try and force me to be a jw... i know it is right and all but i can't really do things when i am being forced...i just with things could be simpler.
i am open for advise and all of that...i could really use it...
I agree that your studies should come first. You've been told that Jehovah's Witnesses have the "truth."
Just because someone says something doesn't make it true. I suggest your pursue your hobbies and interests and you might not feel so tired.
If you don't already, try to go for a walk and get some physical activity to clear your mind and help you think succinctly.
Best Wishes
today i went to the farmer's market to sell my bread, cinnamon rolls, cookies, canned jellies and mustard and goat milk soap an fudge.
this lady comes up and starts raving about how good my bread looks.
i use all natural ingredients and it is good bread but i was really starting to feel like a piece of toast.
thanks for all your comments :) so glad i'm not alone in my perceptions.
let me know when you find that bazooka oompa.
today i went to the farmer's market to sell my bread, cinnamon rolls, cookies, canned jellies and mustard and goat milk soap an fudge.
this lady comes up and starts raving about how good my bread looks.
i use all natural ingredients and it is good bread but i was really starting to feel like a piece of toast.
Today I went to the Farmer's Market to sell my bread, cinnamon rolls, cookies, canned jellies and mustard and goat milk soap an fudge. This lady comes up and starts raving about how good my bread looks. I use all natural ingredients and it is good bread but I was really starting to feel like a piece of toast. She said she had to go get some money from her daughter and came back to say that they didn't have any money with them but would be back next week. I told her I would take a check and she said she was from out of town and I said "The bank will cash it." So she picks out what bread she wanted leaves, comes back again and give me a check. She showed me where she was from Eden NY and I wondered what she was getting at. She said that's was paradise. I shook my head in agreement and out comes the watchtower with two handwritten notes on it. she wanted to give it to me, mind you with a line full of customers behind her. I could feel my face burning at the sight of the rag and told her very directly "That magazine would be better off in someone else's hands" She quickly walked away without the bread and hubby had to run after her to give it to her. What a fiasco. I wished I would of said "That wouldn't be safe in my hands" because it really wouldn't be better off in someone else's hands. But I guess I was saying that indirectly. I'm so thankful for all the support I have here as I know I'm not the only one that feels this way.
i hope that some of you lurkers out here really take a look at some of the thread in this section of the board.
this awake magazine says not one thing about how families are asked to trust their elders and how these very elders were and are abusing their children.
it mentions nothing about watching out for these trusted men in the congregations.............oh it brings out the internet, other family members and fathers and males in particular.. it will tell you how much your child needs to do to prevent something like this from happening.
purps,
thanks for sharing your thoughts and all the work you put into scanning this magazine article. they need to WAKE up.
As a victim of child abuse while in an institution I empathize with your anger and frustration. Denial of the events is like the abuse happening all over again. The Moose Club continues to deny and cover up abuse that happened and is happening to many children. When someone trys to speak up, they victim is the problem. There's no excuse for any of it.
Keep up the good work.
boiled dinner with smoked keilbassa, cabbage, carrots and potatoes~all locally grown. freshly baked limpa swedish rye bread. fennel, anise and cardamom make it a limpa bread.
anyone who is following my threads knows that i post most everything about my .
wife's loyalty to the wts and the fade i am doing.
i don't post much about my mother.. if you did catch it, i told her several months ago that i had stepped aside as an elder.. she had asked if it was a personal problem, then was it a problem with the boe.. i told her that it was a problem with the organization itself.
ask mom how she feels about you leaving jw's. she still might be in denial about you not being a jw. kindly remind her of where your at. i don't think i would get into anything too deep with doctrine unless she asks. it might overwhelm her. best wishes
what your opinion?.
should we question religous authority only?
what about governmental authority?
i haven't thought about timothy leary in a loooooooooooooooong time. i always question authority, sometimes to my detriment (on the job etc.)
as part of my churchly visits while working on my uncertainty, i took communion at a baptist church.
i was baptized twenty-three years ago so it was all on the up and up, at least in protestant christendom.
it had been years, and it was a very moving experience.
Hat's off to you for not giving up your freedom of thought and action. We hope you stay even though you didn't take the dunk.
i was putting the finishing touches on my wedding plans for tomorrow!
we were married by a j.p. in a country home with a beatiful braided rug, rustic furniture and a big fireplace.
we couldn't afford a honeymoon .
congratulations on your 40th wedding anniversary. have you been to watkins glen near the the finger lakes? the gorge is stunning and there are some quaint restaraunts in the area. enjoy.
so one year of lots of questions and showing doubts, and missing quite a few meetings but still going out in service, doing mics, reading, hall projects...then i get the new light from society regarding the letter i sent them (wow, stunned me, blew me away) and i let them know how i felt about it and i quit the ministry after 40 active years.
nobody says anything about this, no counsel, no will you go out with us on saturday.
not a single "were is your time for the month" phone call.
ps. i recall when my self value came from whether or not the elders payed attention to what i was doing. if they showed an interest in me then i felt valued. i'm glad they've left you alone, but on the other had one doesn't feel very important if nobody cares if they exist or not. know that you are important to the human race, universe and God, in whatever form you believe in. He does care about you. Fourty years is a long time to be in imprisoned in mind & spirituality. Think of what you like to do, what are your dreams & passions. Follow them even if one step at a time.
