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  Healthy Boundaries

  by rebel8 in

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  healthy boundaries.

  you can say no or yes, and you are ok when others say no to you.. you have a strong sense of identity.

  you respect yourself.. you expect reciprocity in a relationshipyou share responsibility and power.. you know when the problem is yours and when it belongs to someone else.. you share personal information gradually in a mutually sharing/trusting relationship.. you dont tolerate abuse or disrespect.. you know your own wants, needs and feelings.

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  AuntBee

  Hi rebel8 -- WOW, thanks! That is an awesome compilation of the "boundaries" concept! I"ve got teenage and grown daughters I will pass this on to, and some friends. I know there are a few good books on the topic, but this list is VERY useful. Great stuff for anyone, exJW or not. thanks.
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  Total Strangers...would you believe and do whatever they tell you?

  by oompa in

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  that is what i did the first 45 years of my life.

  because i was born in...fourth generation...i really did not have much of a choice since i tried to be a good son....my doubts started at 19, but i had been bad enough in high school that i became a pioneer for a year and a half as a form of penance to my parents....soon thereafter, wife and kids and job became a big distraction....and life just happened as it does to must born in dubs........ now that i am out i realize that all of what i was and did and spewed at doors....was actually accepted by me from total strangers!!

  !.......that i had never even met!!!

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  AuntBee

  "marital bed/couch/beach/kitchen island/deck.........."

  WOW! creative, aren't you?
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  Transcript of "Answers to Questions About the Last Days" Now Available

  by cabasilas in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  thanks to some transciption work by our own aunt bee, the text of this year's district convention talk "answers to questions about the last days" is now available as a pdf.

  it is linked at the bottom of the page at the internet archive where the audio is also available:.

  http://www.archive.org/details/answerstoquestionsaboutthelastdays.

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  AuntBee

  Thanks for the thanks! Being at the conventon was quite an experience.
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  Transcript of "Answers to Questions About the Last Days" Now Available

  by cabasilas in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  thanks to some transciption work by our own aunt bee, the text of this year's district convention talk "answers to questions about the last days" is now available as a pdf.

  it is linked at the bottom of the page at the internet archive where the audio is also available:.

  http://www.archive.org/details/answerstoquestionsaboutthelastdays.

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  AuntBee

  I may have a chance to go back and get sunday - there are 2 more English convention weekends here in Tucson. I would love to 'complete' the project. i'll post about it, if it works out. :)
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  Talk at 2009 District Convention- World!!

  by truthlover in

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  i know that in one of the talks it was mentioned that we no longer use the wording "new system" it is "new world" - did anyone else hear that and if so, can u tell me what talk it was used in?.

  i think it was on sunday - my mp3 didnt record that day... thanks muchly.

  tl.

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  AuntBee

  It was mentioned in the talk 'Sing to Jehovah" , referring to changes in some of the terminology for new melodies.

  " 25 years have passed since we received our current songbook. During that time, the light has become brighter on a number of topics. As a result, some of the expressions used in our songs are new …… For example, we no longer speak of the new order, but of the new world. Love, joy and peace are not fruits of the Spirit; they are aspects of the fruitage of the Spirit. And Jehovahs name will be sanctified, not vindicated"

  What's with that whole "fruitage" of the Spirit thing, instead of fruit? Is that a real word? Who talks like that, and why is it an important difference?

  I love the title of new melody , "The Beauty of Gray-Headedness" Perhaps i should have my family and friends memorize the lyrics, as i am 49, and don't plan to dye! LOL.
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  Should Martin Luther have refrained from posting his 95 theses and "waited on Jehovah?"

  by gubberningbody in

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  where would any "reformation" come from or any "great awakening" without dissent?.

  was he wrong to act in harmony with his conscience?.

  do we view him and every reformer since jesus christ as simply "impatient, faithless people who refused to 'wait on jehovah?".

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  AuntBee

  Well, it was presumably a good thing, according to Russell, who called Luther one of the Seven MEssengers of the CHurch. (along with St Paul, St John, Arius, Waldo, Wycliffe, and .......... C T Russell!!!)

  Kind of a garbled message. ?

  If Russell is one of the 7 messengers mentioned in Revelation, i'm one of the 10 virgins mentioned in the Gospels! No, really. It came to me in a vision after reading the Bible for 14.9 months straight, without pausing for food, sleep or sex.
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  Too bad our daughter was born....

  by Albert Einstein in

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  "too bad our daughter was born...., otherwise we could jehovah more fully.... ".

  thats what on many occasions our long time family friend (an elder) told us.

  believe it or not, they were saying this in her presence (she was 16 at the time)!!!.

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  AuntBee

  "Now observe that when that clever harlot, our natural reason . . . , takes a look at married life, she turns up her nose and says, “Alas, must I rock the baby, wash its diapers, make its bed, smell its stench, stay up nights with it, take care of it when it cries, heal its rashes and sores . . . ?”

  What then does Christian faith say to this? It opens its eyes, looks upon all these insignificant, distasteful, and despised duties in the Spirit, and is aware that they are all adorned with divine approval as with the costliest gold and jewels. It says, O God, because I am certain that thou hast created me as a man and hast from my body begotten this child, I also know for a certainty that it meets with thy perfect pleasure. I confess to thee that I am not worthy to rock the little babe or wash its diapers, or to be entrusted with the care of the child and its mother. How is it that I, without any merit, have come to this distinction of being certain that I am serving thy creature and thy most precious will? O how gladly will I do so, though the duties should be even more insignificant and despised. Neither frost nor heat, neither drudgery nor labor, will distress or dissuade me, for I am certain that it is thus pleasing in thy sight. . . . God, with all his angels and creatures is smiling—not because the father is washing diapers, but because he is doing so in Christian faith. "

  Martin Luther
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  A former Bethelites SAD testimony at the convention

  by AuntBee in

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  i was just typing some of the sessions out for someone (long story), but i heard the tesitmony again, of one of the brothers, who had served at bethel for 12 years.

  the thing that was surprising, was that it was not a joyous testimony.

  you can actually hear his sadness, and his voice breaking a few times, when he recounts coming back to "the system" (real world) from bethel, and being completely unprepared and untrained for a job, or to earn a living.

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  AuntBee

  B the X: Checked at that spot, and if they did say Brother Gonzalez's first name, i can't make it out.
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  A former Bethelites SAD testimony at the convention

  by AuntBee in

  1. jw
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  i was just typing some of the sessions out for someone (long story), but i heard the tesitmony again, of one of the brothers, who had served at bethel for 12 years.

  the thing that was surprising, was that it was not a joyous testimony.

  you can actually hear his sadness, and his voice breaking a few times, when he recounts coming back to "the system" (real world) from bethel, and being completely unprepared and untrained for a job, or to earn a living.

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  AuntBee

  Sorry for those verses at the end. I was trying to do somehting else there. DOn't know how to edit after the fact.
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  A former Bethelites SAD testimony at the convention

  by AuntBee in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i was just typing some of the sessions out for someone (long story), but i heard the tesitmony again, of one of the brothers, who had served at bethel for 12 years.

  the thing that was surprising, was that it was not a joyous testimony.

  you can actually hear his sadness, and his voice breaking a few times, when he recounts coming back to "the system" (real world) from bethel, and being completely unprepared and untrained for a job, or to earn a living.

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  AuntBee

  I was just typing some of the sessions out for someone (long story), but i heard the tesitmony again, of one of the Brothers, who had served at Bethel for 12 years. The thing that was surprising, was that it was not a joyous testimony. You can actually hear his sadness, and his voice breaking a few times, when he recounts coming back to "the system" (real world) from Bethel, and being completely unprepared and untrained for a job, or to earn a living. And this man was talking about it 5 years after that time, telling how he and his wife were able to survive, and then get to the point where finally now they are able to pioneer again. -- It had me wondering if this 'testimony' turned out to be not exactly what they were looking for.

  Brother Gonzalez, I’m going to ask you the same questions. What adjustments have you made in view of the time? -- The adjustments started right after I left Brooklyn Bethel where I had served 12 years, 7 of those with my wife. But we knew that when we left, we were determined to get back into the full time service. But when we found ourselves back in the system, having to make a living, we struggled. We actually felt like fish out of water. We actually choked, and it was hard. (voice is breaking here , kind of teary. L ) But with a lot of prayer, and …..help from Jehovah, we survived. But ……..(hard to understand)…….we did it. (still voice is breaking during last sentence) But we knew that after 5 hard years, we were able to accomplish that goal, of being able to pioneer. --- SO, what are some of the benefits you’ve received from doing this? --- The benefits were being able to serve at Brooklyn Bethel. It’s allowed me experience first-hand Jehovahs organization in action. At the same time, being able to work with spiritual brothers built appreciation for Jehovah, and for the ……work we are doing today. At the same time the pioneering has built appreciation for the people and the work itself. At the same time it’s allowed us to reach out to the people – reach out to the English congregations, and down in Mexico, being able to help them out as well. ---- So, what are some of the joys that you are experiencing now? -- The joy I have now is being able to serve with my wife. Together, staying focused, which , working together, has allowed us not to allow the world to lull us to sleep, but concentrating on the more important things, that is the kingdom work. Staying busy and working hard for Jah’s organization has really been a blessing for us in the congregation. It’s a privilege to be serving Jehovah at this time. -- -Well, thank you both for sharing with us (clapping) (IT was an odd juxtaposition, with the interviewer being so upbeat, and the interviewee had obviously been through hell.....)

  Another thing that was shocking to hear was the phrase earlier in the talk "Eagerly anticipating Armageddon"