this is quite embarrassing for me to share, but as a 30+ year old single female i have lingering doubts as to whether i can still meet a decent man and get married.. you all know how difficult it is for sisters to find an appropriate partner in the congregation.. and now, all the more so that i've learned ttatt.
i still am bound by low self-esteem, and i do have trust issues, especially with men.
i am very lonely and so i just keep myself busy with work to avoid depression (although it is also a great source of stress).. any other single females out there having similar thoughts?.
OND!
Hang in there! I didn't get married until I was 45. It took me that long to find the right one. I wouldn't settle for anything less. And it was well worth the wait.
And the others are right. Enjoy yourself. It will happen when you least expect it. I know that's a cliche' but that's exactly what happened to me!
:)M
not sure if this has been posted:.
http://detroitdelegates.org/.
it's pretty interesting, i think.
And I love all the scenes of Detroit flashing by with "Keep Seeking First the Kingdom" on the bottom. Funny stuff!
not sure if this has been posted:.
http://detroitdelegates.org/.
it's pretty interesting, i think.
They had a gay pride festival that weekend in the "D" too. Hopefully all the delegates went down(snort) after the sessions and had some fun!
:D
M
anyone else get the distinct impression that jws are being worked up into a frenzy with all the changes and activity nowadays?
by the end of august, there will have been four campaigns inside of a year.
one last november, a memorial campaign, a convention campaign and an advertise jw.org campaign.. then there's the conventions with all the hooplah around that with all the video, and the aggrandizement of synchronized gb talks.
"Strange instructions"
Would you like vodka or gin with your benzos?
Or perhaps grape or cherry Kool-Aid?
And the beat just goes on...........
talking with a long time elder last night, was very revealing.
he has been a jw for over 60 years, a man that was incarcerated in cuba in his early 20s and faced great loss and suffering over his beliefs and for being born in a communist country.
this brave man is now brittle and low-spirited.. while nightfalls on his life, he is made aware the end is near.
I'm happy that I stopped being a "sleeping sheep" in my mid 20's. Recently I heard from an 80 something that, "Oh things are going to be fixed but it's going to take a while longer.". REALLY?????? After all this BS of never graduating, retiring etc. Now it all changes again and people are terribly disappointed.
Not this girl. Not ever again.
an article on a jw who died from lack of blood.
family then sued..
An article on a JW who died from lack of blood. Family then sued.
an article on a jw who died from lack of blood.
family then sued.. .
in the old revelation book there was a section on the cry "peace and security.. "14 in recent years, politicians have used the phrase peace and security to describe various.
human schemes.
or was paul referring only to a specific event of such dramatic proportions.
I remember being at a district convention in 1986, when they tried the "peace and security" thing. And the Middle East has been a hot mess for thousands of years. The weapons have just "improved".
blah blah blah.....
...someone who was disfellowshipped ended up goin to a bar getting into a fight/getting preggo or somethin of the nature and then realized how pitiful their life had become.
they then 'prayed' to jah and wala the light clicked and they came back and feel better then ever!!.
sigh.
And I'm one of them. I left over 15 yrs ago. I didn't go get pregnant, get addicted to drugs/alcohol or land in jail. Life wasn't perfect but it was a hell of lot better than being in that cult! I've gone to college. I've got a career. I'm 7 years from retirement. I have a pension that I worked hard for. There's been bumps in the road. But it's nothing like what would've happened if I followed some chauvanistic elders advice.
i was a born in.
both parents are uber dubs and mother has been depressed lately.
so i m super nervous.
WOW! ?evrything, you're brave. The best I could do is when my dad asked me if I believed it was the "truth" is to say no. He left it alone. I'm sure it was to keep our relationship intact. I wish the best to you. I do hope that parental love wins out over the cult mentality!
