Were YOU A "Good" Jehovah's Witness?

by minimus 48 Replies latest jw friends

  • stillajwexelder
    stillajwexelder

    well they made me an elder so - -- well you guys decide

  • mouthy
    mouthy

    bttp

  • Quandry
    Quandry

    Oh my goodness, does the Hall need cleaning? I'll be right there with my vacuum....

    Weeds need to be pulled at the assembly hall an hour away but it's 100 degrees in the Texas sun? May I please?

    Someone needs a ride but I have to go ten miles to get them? Well, that's what our four door cars are for....

    Must make dinner for brother sick...

    Have to find a ride home because elder husband must stay at the hall until wee hours of the morning...

    Oh yes, please use our home for the book study.....

    Muuuusssttt cleeeean the house, car, yard, book bag, must do mooooorre......

    Not...gooooooood...enough...........

  • Tired of the Hypocrisy
    Tired of the Hypocrisy

    I was "considered" to be a good one. I led a secret life filled with porn magazines and rented videos that would rival Charlie Sheen.

  • Tired of the Hypocrisy
    Tired of the Hypocrisy

    I was "considered" to be a good one. I led a secret life filled with porn magazines and rented videos that would rival Charlie Sheen.

  • oompa
    oompa

    funny........most dubs would say so........but i was doin valentines in third grade and saluting the flag.......i just did not fit in.....but dubs thought i was gold for prob 27 years......then i did not want to be appointed an elder........many probs since then...sooooooooo wish i had walked away then!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!oompa

  • Hopscotch
    Hopscotch

    Absolutely yes. Up until the last bit when we started fading. Always regular at meetings, field service, aux pioneered from time to time. Elder's wife. Gave impromtu stand in talks. Generous to those in need. Well known for my hospitality. Made meals for the sick. Visited those in hospital. on and on and on the list goes - really thought I was doing the right thing. What a fool I was - so much of my life wasted. Then when things unravelled a bit and I needed help because of illness with parents and in-laws, hubby sick etc no one wants to know me because I wasn't as "Good" anymore!

    Hopscotch

  • Lieu
    Lieu

    Kinda. Then, I never pretended to be someone I was not. [Who needs all that false pretense and sneaking around?]

    They always seemed like they were scared of me.

  • chickpea
    chickpea

    like hopscotch said....right up to the start of the fade
    (that i never saw coming)...

    an elder's wife told us we were
    an asset to the congregation....
    hosted book study, reg in FS, mtg
    attendance, aux pio, generous with
    time and $$ re: the congro members

    now we are a pariah! bet it still
    chapping some asses!!

  • ex-nj-jw
    ex-nj-jw

    Hell NO, I was baaaad association even when I tried to be good

    nj

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