I received a parcel at work from my daughter and her boyfriend. It contained a birthday card in the shape of a motorcycle leather jacket and a book on rides you can take using the back roads in my part of the world! My eyes filled with tears as I was reading the card. My daughter wrote that I mean everything to her and that I'm her role model. Her boyfriend thanked me for accepting him in our family despite of not being in the same faith. Today I realized that I have been deprived my whole life of the joy of reveiving testimonials of love and friendship from family and friends simply because a few old men in New York decided that it was wrong! Happy 59th birthday to me.
Posts by NVR2L8
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18Today I received my first ever birthday gift!
by NVR2L8 ini received a parcel at work from my daughter and her boyfriend.
it contained a birthday card in the shape of a motorcycle leather jacket and a book on rides you can take using the back roads in my part of the world!
my eyes filled with tears as i was reading the card.
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I'm curious, when you were asked to do a demo for a Service Meeting part, how did the request make you feel?
by Stand for Pure Worship indid you decline out of fear?
decline because you hated doing demos?
accept the request graciously?
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Stillin...I had forgotten about the list of "approved" publisher we could use for demonstrations...Most of the parts I had included demonstrations and it was a pain to find participants that would clear the final elders' approval...
Once there was a part about singleness and the elder couldn't find a single brother or sister who remained unmarried to devote his or her life to fulltime service. So they interviewed a teenager who had just finished high school and auxiliary pioneered for a few months...after the meeting I asked the brother if he knew that this young girl was engaged to be married at 18 years old and was a lame example of singleness especially when Paul said one just pass the bloom of years before marrying...His reply was that he had to interview someone...I told him there were many fine examples in WT and Awake volumes....
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If God did answer prayers would the world change much?
by usualusername inlet me know your thoughts believers and others too!.
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NVR2L8
...and I would get to meet Found Sheep in person! Seriously, who wouldn't put an end to all suffering if it was in his power? Anyone but an non-existant god...
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My brother died yesterday
by satinka in"albert" was 55 years old, and the fifth-born of seven children.
i am the second oldest and babysat him often while he was growing up --- and while i was still at home.. yesterday, albert was out taking his usual morning stroll around his small town, when he collapsed on the sidewalk.
the doctors said it was a heart attack.
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NVR2L8
Please accept my deepest sympathy.
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I'm curious, when you were asked to do a demo for a Service Meeting part, how did the request make you feel?
by Stand for Pure Worship indid you decline out of fear?
decline because you hated doing demos?
accept the request graciously?
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NVR2L8
I was the go to guy for a last minute demonstration or to deliver a service meeting part on little notice. Normally it should have helped me build self confidence in my abilities to speak publicly, especially for a high school drop out (1975 was just around the corner). But as the very humble JW I was, all the credit was given to Jehovah's spririt and the wonderful training I received from his organization. Today I realize that I could have received the same training if I had pursued my education for a few years instead of having to spend a life time for an "education" that will never provide a certificate or diploma....I too believed that reading the WT publications was as valuable as a university education and this is why I enjoyed going on the platform to test my acquired skills and demonstrate my appreciation for the "free" education.
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Feedback on Letter
by mrhhome inlooking for feedback.
to bring you all back up to speed, wife is ex-jw.
shunned by her brother and parts of her family at uncles jw funeral.
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NVR2L8
Unfortunately with JWs it's their way or the highway. There is no room for compromise when it comes to their rules. Your reasonableness will not be reciprocated.
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Dying to Believe
by Watchtower-Free injust saw this and thought i would pass it along .
its about a young jw who died.
because of jw blood policy.
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A few years back one of the WT lawyers involved in this story gave a public talk at our KHall. It focused on Bethany's resolve to obey Jehovah despite the pressure from the doctors, and on her strong faith in the resurrection. He even played an audio recording of Bethany's voice...Several in the hall were wiping tears. At that time I viewed this as successfully passing the ultimate test of one's faith in God. Today I realize how Bethany was coerced and misinformed by her JW support system including the HLC and WT lawyers. It would had been impossible for her to recognize that her father's actions were motivated by his love for her. Another innocent life lost at the hands of a dangerous cult - shame on you the Watch Tower.
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Prayers that are heard. Fuel for a vehicle - YUP. Save us from death - NAH.
by Captain Blithering ini spoke to a ms the other day, trying to get his opinion on the wt we'd just studied at the meeting.
the paragraph where the co didn't know if he had enough money to afford gas for a trip, he prayed and went anyway, and someone donated the exact amount to cover his trip.. my question to the ms was - the wt clearly are saying jah answered that prayer, yet there were a couple dozen jw's sheltering in a kh in the philippines, undoubtedly praying, yet they all died in the hurricane.
how's that work, how can jah answer some prayers but not others?.
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A few months ago I had a conversation with an elder who told me Jehovah made a real estate transaction fall through to guide him to another area where the need for elders was greater....I couldn't resist telling him that a loving God couldn't intervene in trivial matters such as real estate deals while he allows other faithful servants to be abused or killed despite their prayers...Believing this would equate to believing God is partial...Deer in the headlights stare...
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Circuit Assembly Questions
by DATA-DOG ini have to go to the ca this weekend for family reasons... the only bright side is that i may spot some hypocrisy to share with others.
if my suffering helps just one person then it's worth the effort.
i know why the caged bird sings... .
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I agree with you both The Searcher and Bobcat. There's a determined per diem not only to cover the building's maintenance cost but to also generate income for the society. That's the amount mentioned during the accounts report read from the platform. At our paid off assembly hall used almost every week, the cost was $15000 for a 2-day assembly. This is a scam when you consider that those who pay to use the hall provided the free labour and paid for building materials.
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A Cheery Song About Suicide
by metatron inhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lp077ritnac.
i love songs whose lyrics contradict the cheery music.
turn it up loud and sing along.. .
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NVR2L8
Late great Freddie Mercury wrote the song "don't try suicide". I loved that tune at a time this subject was taboo...