Reminds me of when my wife was getting absolutly rolled by her fibro. so i am at the meeting and an elder starts talking to me about her missing a couple meetings, and I told her that she is barely able to lift her head after work, and I mentioned that i felt like I should go over the lesson with her from the metting. He told me not to, and to not discuss any of the contents of the meetings as to make her "want" to come to the meeting. I said, "the issue is not if she "wants" to come to the meeting, she cant get out of bed." The look in his eye was glazed over, like the idea of a person being unable to get out of bed cant even happen, and then points to his wife and says "my wife has fibro, and the best thing for that is to keep moving". It must have been a look on my face, cause he realized he was out of line, and started to back track, but by that point it was made clear to me that there was something very wrong going on. (at the time i couldnt put my finger on it, but now i know it was the fact that its a mothing fkking cult, lol)
again, i say it all the time, but when i was going in the mid 90's, i knew several people with illnesses who were not at meetings that were treated well, cared for, and welcomed as fellow bro's and sis's.
but now, its just not like that at all. in 2011, it doesnt matter what your circumstances are, doesnt matter how severe the illness is, there is simply not excuse to miss meetings or not going out in service.
frankly, i wonder, if it will get to a point where death is not an excuse! LOL
