Dear Everyone,
Sometimes, like probably everyone here, I get to thinking about all the wasted years (not to mention all those countless, endless, slow-motion hours) spent in serving the Watchtower.
What a waste! In my case 20 years – maybe my 20 best years (age 5 to 25) - utterly wasted time , along with all the missed and spurned opportunities. Do I have anything to show for it - was there any good in it at all? Difficult to see where.
Which is why it’s such a delight when something happens that, even in just in a tiny way, goes someway to redress the balance. Some good thing, no matter how small, that occurs because you were a Witness, and you have "the truth" to thank for.
Last night, we went to my sons’ Grammar School Annual Quiz Night. Always a very enjoyable occasion, well attended and keenly contested. We had assembled a pretty hot-shot team this year (8 to a table) including a couple of teachers and a Doctor. We thought - got to be in with a chance, eh?
It was a close fought thing all the way through, but we were among the leaders all evening.
Last round. Second-to-last question:
"What religious group published the best-selling book "The Truth That Leads To Eternal Life"?
I looked around our table. No one had a clue. Looking around the hall, it was stumping everyone. I couldn’t help but smile.
Our team won the quiz by a single point. That question did it, basically.
A case of wine (split 8 ways, but what the hell? – mostly we’re in it for the glory) was ours to take away, and bragging rights for a whole year.
Like I said, a tiny entry on the credit side of the ledger.
Duncan.
p.s. dunno how I managed to post this into "current affairs" - it seems that despite my fantastic quiz triumph, perhaps |'m not so smart, after all.