has anyone else's family finances been victim to the 'seek the kingdom first' economic policy?.
for years, my husband and i have had our own business, my husband is not the most proactive guy, prefers to go in field service than to work, but he has always encouraged me to 'rely on jehovah and all these other things will be added to you', 'seek the kingdom first' etc etc.
there have been times, such as when i was heavily pregnant and we lost a big deal, that i have been begging jehovah on hands and knees to honour that promise, wondering why he wasn't helping us.
Diogenesister has good advice, you can often get free financial and debt counseling through your bank. They can help you set up a plan even if your husband's isn't on board.
Dubstepped it sounds to me like you guys did all the work, not a miracle of God. Congrats on getting out of debt. Your attitude and method reminds me of Dave Ramsey's school of thought.
good morning.
i was just checking out the forum and something occured to me.
jws simply cannot be christians.
Didn't we used to have a song or something that said "We belong to Jehovah"?
JWs don't worship Jesus or view him as diety, which is contrary to gospel accounts and most of Christendom today.
there were always all types of speakers in the org.
myself, growing up a "witness", must have heard all types of talks, and given by all manner of speakers, especially on sundays, when almost every week we would get a "visiting" brother giving the public talk.. sometimes, you would have a "great" speaker, all fluent and animated.
other times we would get a comical speaker, one who would maybe purposelly get a few laughs outta the audience.
Just remembered a few more.
This one passage of scriptures repeatedly mentioned the word "brazier," and the person reading it kept pronouncing it like "brassiere."
This older guy, a very flustered speaker, giving a TMS talk assignment about homosexuality, blurted out in the middle "Homo sex is unclean & dirty!"
This one elder had his face and hand blown off in an accident. He would give incomprehensible hour long public talks with his half a face and hook hand. Literally, no one could understand a word he said. But everyone kept requesting him far and wide because "his bravery is so inspiring!" Children of the audience were a mix of either terrified or giggling.
so here's an interesting thing that happened lately.
if you guys have followed my previous posts, you probably know my mother almost died from severe anemia, decided to take blood transfusions to avoid death and the elders announced the congregation she disassociated.
last week a "brother" came to visit from a congo about 100 kilometers away.
maybe it's shocking, funny, a good story, etc.. i was just watching the one below... i was shocked!
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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=e7qmypu7mxo.
second in a series of reminiscing disappointments that cut me off this religion one string at a time.... actually, i had a one week break which i spent quite poorly: not sleeping at night, so i could catch up on my favorite shows, eating crappy foods the whole day, booze and hangovers.
i'm an introvert and really, this for me is an ideal holiday :).
but...all the above, coupled with having too much free time has brought back some demons who had been sleeping...and snoring.. back to the topic.. in my former congregation, there's one wannabe-elder-no-education-hates-his-job-envies-others-mysogynist-ministerial servant.
in my dream a while ago, the wt had already started "encouraging" everyone to contribute 30. either it meant at least 30 hours of "preaching" or 30% tithe.
the next scene is when we all stood up for the opening song at the kh, and lo and behold - the opening lyrics went on like (this is vague but you'll understand the context anyway):.
what a privilege it is to serve the kingdom.
VI, I just recently used those lyrics to describe JW life.
NBdog, yes I've had many a naked at the meeeting dream. Also naked in a judicial meeting dreams, which are even worse.
there were always all types of speakers in the org.
myself, growing up a "witness", must have heard all types of talks, and given by all manner of speakers, especially on sundays, when almost every week we would get a "visiting" brother giving the public talk.. sometimes, you would have a "great" speaker, all fluent and animated.
other times we would get a comical speaker, one who would maybe purposelly get a few laughs outta the audience.
i have noticed that many lately have left the org or are in the process of leaving.
how many of you have left since 2015?.
this month will be my 21 years out of the org into the road of freedom.
