dear you-more-scholarly-than-i friends,.
a friend and i were recently discussing whether or not there is a difference between 'love never fails' (nwt, nasb, kjv, others?
) and 'love never ends' (njb, rsv, others?)..
I also see those two statements as similar.
If love never fails, it will never end.
And if love never ends, it will never fail.
In my mind, it is so clear and simple that it becomes difficult to explain...comme une vérité de la Pallice (s'il n'était pas mort, il serait encore en vie:-)
and why do my post sometimes read "error"?
i'd be well over a hundred & 50 post if it wasn't for that!
It's how I feel elders and the higher ups (or at least most of them) treat the flock they are meant to care for.
I totally agree with you on this.
Thank You for explaining. And I still think it is a beautiful name...when not taken in a derogatory way:-)
and why do my post sometimes read "error"?
i'd be well over a hundred & 50 post if it wasn't for that!
Only 96 to go, Amaha' aret
Tell me, does your name have a specific meaning? It sounds like one of those Sikhs names. Beautiful, by the way...
yea!!!
i'm not a newbie anymore!!!
good for me!!!!
Congratulations!
And it is based on posts. You cross the first line after 100 posts. And you made it!
so how did it go some have asked?
at some point the lady therapist asked me what was probably my number one concern....it just came out...."i don't know if i can stay married to a jw"...wife burst into tears...and never let up...not even on the way back to drop me off at work...i also said in session i would prefer an open minded wife, and i don't think wife would pick me now either...not an unbeliever, not an overdrinker, and that marriage to me meant being able to share pretty much everything with one another, my feelings, my friends, my concerns, and that i did not like living a double life...and explained what that was too......she of course said she would stay in the marriage, and mentioned the adultery only rule...so i said it sounds like she feels she is stuck with me...she said it sounds like our marriage is already over....the lady says she does know for a fact that jw's do indeed get divorced without sex sins...cause she has counseled more that one couple like us...one in, one out....that ended with divorce.
i did say nice things about her...said the things i love.....and vice verse...and we both said we wanted the marriage to work....so at least a good basis for continuing the sessions.....the lady wants us to find common ground and just ignore the religious difference for now...i said great but how can we do that when the religion is all encompassing to my wife...it is everything....i will be glad to go to the ground if she can find it....but she never got a chance to find it yet...we ran out of time.
so many tears these last three years that is was no big deal
Your situation has been going on {and deteriorating} for quite a while now. Do not expect things to be solved in one therapy session. And do not expect it will be easy for you and your wife to deal with your respective demons.
The question is...how much are you willing to fight for each other?
Wishing you both all the best
dear abby, .
i woke up this morning and found that i was in my little brothers house.
then i noticed that some of my stuff was here, and the place was looking much more perky and friendly than the last time i was here.
Dear Confused and Happy...
I can't remember how I got here, but I don't want to mess this up thinking about it.
In the wise words of Buddha..."Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future - concentrate your mind on the present moment."
And simply enjoy what your new life has to offer
as many of you know i left the jw's back when i was 15, i found an old picture of me during that time so funny to look back, i thought i'd share with you what a little apostate looks like he he he.
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i wonder why i was labled bad association for the youth?
You sure don't look like a very dangerous apostate to me:-)
for those of you who followed my weight watchers thread (http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/6/157445/1.ashx) ... i am so excited to announce that this week i hit the 10 kg mark (22lbs) .
this is going so well and i am feeling very proud of myself, and also looking a lot better.. .
White Dove...
1 kg = 2.2 lbs.
You are doing great PDB!
for me it was that god is killing billions of people just to prove a point.
what about you?
Faithful Discreet Slave!!!
this feels very strange
