Greetings, people who know nothing about JWs. I have a question. Are you blogging this site because you are bored or want to feel special, because it certainly cannot be for anything positive you might have to share with others.
I have been associated with JWs for 30+ years. I disassociated myself at 15 because my Dad was a drunk and it pissed me off that the elders were sweating me over my teenage issues when he was endangering our lives, drinking like a friggin' fish and beating on us daily with both words and fists. Fortunately, I was smart enough to realize my issues were misdirected and childish; and I rejoined Jehovah's earthly people at 21.
Even when I was angry and confused, I knew Jehovah's Witnesses had Bible truth and hope to offer. NO ONE ELSE DOES. I find it amusing that people on this site choose to complain of the shortcomings of the imperfect Brothers and Sisters on the earth today. If you love Jehovah and care about HIS Kingdom and HIS Sovreignty, then, you concern yourself with what YOU need to be doing and not what everyone else is not doing.
I have known Brothers to cheat on their wives, abandon their family, give terrible, terrible advice to my loved ones and to judge others in the congregation unfairly. I, also, realize that all on earth are imperfect and not all represent Jehovah's teachings properly and that HE will deal with them in His own time in His own way. Maybe some are still in positions of honor (elders, ministerial servants, etc.), Has it ever occurred to you that Jehovah allows this to help weed out those who choose to stumble over the mistakes of imperfect man? Maybe some elders and MS need their thinking adjusted and have a really whacked way of handling situations. My point is that these are the actions of imperfect people. If we choose to let the naivete' of someone in the congregation stumble us, then we are merely playing into Satan's hands and not relying on Jehovah to bring about justice in HIS OWN TIME.
I, for one, am one messed up Sister. I over-eat, over-drink and my meeting attendance has dropped to zero. But my Brothers and Sisters are still there encouraging me and humbling me daily.
If I were strong in the truth, I wouldn't have even deigned to sully my mind with the swine-like comments I find here. But I am weak, so I looked.
And what I saw makes me so angry.
How dare you?
Jehovah has a purpose for all of us. He has a purpose for all in His organization. Just because your purpose was not what you thought it should be, does not give you the right to belittle and criticize Jehovah's organization and His people. We make mistakes and some of us don't live up to what Jehaovah desires or requires. BUT, there are a great crowd of JWs who personify the purpose of Jehovah for his people today in so many astounding and heart-warming ways.
LOVE Jehovah...if your heart is so inclined and seek His forgiveness. The men and women in his organizaion may not always do or say the right thing, but in the end, HE always will. Because HE is our Creator and our God and He always has and always will do what is right and what is good and what is just. HE is the perfect God of Love.
My heart is heavy for those blaspheming His name for their own selfish reasons...blaming his people and his organization.
Satan is your enemy and he alone. Well, maybe, not him alone, because from what I have read on this blog and experienced in my own lifetime...maybe, ...maybe you are your own worst enemy. I know that I have been mine.
Agape',
Dallas, USA