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AFTER THE PRAYER, THE CIRCUIT OVERSEER SLOWLY
> STOOD UP, WALKED UP TO THE
> PLATFORM AND, BEFORE HE GAVE HIS PUBLIC TAL K, HE
> BRIEFLY INTRODUCED A GUEST
> SPEAKER.
>
>
>
> IN THE INTRODUCTION, THE BROTHER TOLD THE
> CONGREGATION THAT THE GUEST
> SPEAKER WAS ONE OF HIS DEAREST CHILDHOOD FRIENDS
> FROM A FAR AWAY PLACE AND
> THAT HE WANTED HIM TO HAVE A FEW MOMENTS TO GREET
> THE CONGREGATION AND SHARE
> WHATEVER HE FELT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE. WITH THAT, AN
> ELDERLY MAN STEPPED UP
> TO THE PLATFORM AND BEGAN TO SPEAK.
>
>
>
> "A FATHER, HIS SON, AND A FRIEND OF HIS SON WERE
> SAILING OFF THE PACIFIC
> COAST." HE BEGAN.
>
>
>
> "WHEN A FAST APPROACHING STORM BLOCKED ANY ATTEMPT
> TO GET BACK TO THE SHORE.
> THE WAVES WERE SO HIGH, THAT EVEN, THOUGH THE FATHER
> WAS AN EXPERIENCED
> SAILOR, HE COULD NOT KEEP THE BOAT UPRIGHT AND THE
> THREE WERE SWEPT INTO THE
> OCEAN AS THE BOAT CAP SIZED."
>
>
>
> THE OLD MAN HESITATED FOR A MOMENT, MAKING EYE
> CONTACT WITH TWO TEENAGERS
> WHO WERE, FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE THE TALK BEGAN,
> LOOKING SOMEWHAT
> INTERESTED IN HIS STORY.
>
>
>
> THE AGED GENTLEMAN CONTINUED WITH HIS STORY,
>
>
>
> "GRABBING A RESCUE LINE, THE FATHER HAD TO MAKE THE
> MOST EXCRUCIATING
> DECISION OF HIS LIFE: TO WHICH BOY WOULD HE THROW
> THE OTHER END OF THE LIFE
> LINE.
>
>
>
> HE ONLY HAD SECONDS TO MAKE THE DECISION. THE FATHER
> KNEW THAT HIS SON WAS A
> CHRISTIAN AND HE LOVED JEHOVAH. HE ALSO KNEW THAT
> HIS SON'S FRIEND WAS NOT
> AND HAD NOT LEARNED TO LOVE JEHOVAH.
>
>
>
> THE AGONY OF HIS DECISION COULD NOT BE MATCHED BY
> THE TORRENT OF WAVES. AS
> THE FATHER YELLED OUT, 'I LOVE YOU,: HE THREW OUT
> THE LI FE LINE TO HIS SON'S
> FRIEND.
>
>
>
> BY THE TIME THE FATHER HAD PULLED THE FRIEND BACK TO
> THE CAPSIZED BOAT, HIS
> SON HAD DISAPPEARED BENEATH THE RAGING SWELLS INTO
> THE BLACK OF NIGHT. HIS
> BODY WAS NEVER RECOVERED.!
>
>
>
> BY THIS TIME, THE TWO TEENAGERS WERE SITTING UP
> STRAIGHT, ANXIOUSLY WAITING
> FOR THE NEXT WORDS TO COME OUT OF THE AGED
> GENTLEMAN'S MOUTH.
>
>
>
> "THE FATHER," HE CONTINUED, "KNEW HIS SON WOULD BE
> REMEMBERED BY JEHOVAH AND
> HE COULD NOT BEAR THE THOUGHT OF HIS SON'S FRIEND
> NOT LETTING JEHOVAH GET TO
> KNOW HIM BETTER AND HIM GETTING TO KNOW JEHOVAH AND
> THE PROMISES HE HAS IN
> STORE.
>
>
>
> THEREFORE, HE SACRIFICED HIS SON TO SAVE THE SON'S
> FRIEND. HOW GREAT IS THE
> LOVE OF GOD THAT HE DID THE SAME FOR US. OUR
&g t; HEAVENLY FATHER SACRIFICED HIS
> ONLY BEGOTTEN SON SO THAT WE COULD BE SAVED. I URGE
> YOU TO ACCEPT HIS OFFER
> TO RESCUE YOU AND TAKE A HOLD OF THE LIFE LINE HE IS
> THROWING OUT TO YOU "
>
>
>
> WITH THAT, THE OLD GENTLEMAN TURNED AND SAT BACK
> DOWN IN HIS CHAIR AS
> SILENCE FILLED THE ROOM.
>
>
>
> THE ELDER AGAIN WALKED SLOWLY TO THE PLATFORM AND
> DELIVERED A BRIEF TALK
> WITH AN INVITATION AT THE END TO START A BIBLE STUDY
> WITH SOMEONE HERE AT
> THE KINGDOM HALL. HOWEVER, NO ONE RESPONDED TO THE
> APPEAL. WITH IN MINUTES
> AFTER THE MEETING ENDED, THE TWO TEENAGERS WERE AT
> THE OLD MAN'S SIDE.
>
>
>
> "THAT WAS A NICE STORY," POLITELY BUT SARCASTICALLY
> STATED ONE OF THEM, "BUT
> I DON'T THINK IT WAS VERY REALISTIC FOR A FATHER TO
> GIVE UP HIS ONLY SON'S
> LIFE IN HO PES THAT THE OTHER BOY WOULD BECOME A
> CHRISTIAN AND LOVE GOD."
>
>
>
> "WELL, YOU'VE GOT A POINT THERE," THE OLD MAN
> REPLIED GLANCING DOWN AT HIS
> WORN BIBLE. A BIG SMILE BROADENED HIS NARROW FACE.
> HE ONCE AGAIN LOOKED UP
> AT THE BOYS AND SAID, "IT SURE ISN'T VERY REALISTIC,
> IS IT? BUT I'M STANDING
> HERE TODAY TO TELL YOU THAT STORY GIVES ME A GLIMPSE
> OF WHAT IT MUST HAVE
> BEEN LIKE FOR JEHOVAH GOD TO GIVE UP HIS SON FOR ME.
> YOU SEE...
>
>
>
> "I WAS THAT FATHER AND YOUR CIRCUIT OVERSEER IS MY
> SON'S FRIEND."

AnneB

Oh brrrrrrrrrother!!!!!!

poppers

I've read that here before; thanks anyway for reposting it - such a nauseating story.

FadingAway

avidbiblereader

What is the old saying

"everyone has a story"

abr

OnTheWayOut

A faithful JW allowed his son to hang out with friends who were worldly.
Why would that faithful JW be used as a good example.

The moral is to be friends with the world, you never know. HA.

AnneB

It'd make a great country song though.

Oh wait, it's already been done.

avidbiblereader

A faithful JW allowed his son to hang out with friends who were worldly.
Why would that faithful JW be used as a good example.
The moral is to be friends with the world, you never know

Real good point, flawed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

abr

B_Deserter

Every convention they have talks about "not spreading false stories." Except that JWs routinely ignore this, even in the very next talk.

OnTheWayOut

FadingAway posted the source of this story. I have seen this before in the last year on JWD.
WTS speakers are stealing urban legends from the internet because they are already typed out.
They simply change "church" to "kingdom hall" or "priest" to "elder."

If you ever have the chance to email a speaker that has done this, send the link to his story.
If you ever heard the story before he said it, tell him so after the meeting. "The version I heard,
was where the guy was Catholic and his son was an alter boy."

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