>"KEEP THE FORK"
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>There was a young sister who had been diagnosed with a terminal
>illness and had been given three months to live. So as she was
>getting her things "in order," she contacted an elder and had him come
>to her house to discuss certain aspects of her final wishes. She told
>him which songs she wanted sung at the service talk, what scriptures
>she would like emphasized, and what outfit she wanted to be buried in.
>
>Everything was in order and the elder was preparing to leave when
>our young sister suddenly remembered something very important to her.
>"There's one more thing," she said excitedly.
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>"What's that?" came the elder's reply..
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>"This is very important," our young sister continued. "I want to be
>buried with a fork in my right hand."
>
>The elder stood looking at the young woman not knowing quite what to
>say.
>
>That surprises you, doesn't it?" our young sister asked.
>
>"Well, to be honest, I'm puzzled by the request," said the elder.
>
>Our young sister explained. "My grandmother once told me this story,
>and from there on out, I have always done so. I have also, always tried
>to pass along its message to those I love and those who are in need of
>encouragement.
>'In all my years of attending Christian gatherings and friendly
>dinners, I always remember that when the dishes of the main course were
>being cleared, someone would inevitably lean over and say, 'Keep your
>fork' It was my favorite part because I knew that something better was
>coming...like velvety chocolate cake or deep-dish apple pie.
>Something wonderful, and with substance!'
>
>So, I just want people to see me there in that casket
>with a fork in my hand and I want them to wonder "What's with the
>fork?". Then I want you to tell them: "Keep your fork...the best is yet
>to come."
>
>The elder's eyes welled up with tears of joy as he hugged our young
>sister good-bye. He knew this would be one of the last times he would
>see her on this side of this system. But he also knew that our young
>sister had a better grasp of 'The New System' than he did. She had a
>better grasp of what paradise would be like than many people twice her
>age, with twice as much experience and knowledge. She KNEW that
>something better was coming.
>
>At the funeral people were walking by our young sister's casket and
>they saw the pretty dress she was wearing and the fork placed in her
>right hand.
>
>Over and over, the elder heard the question. "What's with the fork?"
>And over and over he smiled.
>
>During his service talk, the elder told the friends of the
>conversation he had with our young sister shortly before she died. He
>also told them about the fork and about what it symbolized to her. The
>elder told the people how he could not stop thinking about the fork
>and told them that they probably would not be able to stop thinking
>about it either.
>
>He was right.
>
>So the next time you reach down for your fork, let it remind you ever
>so gently, that the best is yet to come.
>
>The Brotherhood is a very rare jewel, indeed. The friends make us
>smile and encourage us to succeed. They lend an ear, they share a word
>of praise, and they always want to open their hearts to us.
>
>Show the friends how much you care. Remember to always be there for
>them, even when you need them more. For you never know when it may be
>their time to "Keep your fork."
>
>Cherish the time you have, and the memories you share... showing
>Christian love is not an opportunity but a sweet responsibility, and a
>Christian obligation.
>
>Send this to the FRIENDS, This illustration just shows us the
>importance of keeping "our eyes on the prize".
>
>2 Cor 4:17,18 - "For though the tribulation is momentary and light, it
>works
>out for us a glory that is of more and more surpassing weight and is
>everlasting; while we keep our eyes, not on the things seen, but on the
>things unseen. For the things seen are temporary, but the things unseen are
>everlasting."
>
>
>
>Just remember to 'keep your fork'.
moomanchu
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More JW folklore
by looking_glass infolklore, wives tales, or jw bs, whatever you want to call it, i am sure it will pass around the globe in record time and become an honest to goodness truth.. .
prayers of children (experience).
this experience was given at a circuit assembly in california.
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Do you still call it "the truth"?
by True North indo you find youself still calling it "the truth" even though you are an ex-jw?
for instance, in one posting i just read, the poster wrote "when i was in the truth..." .
not a big deal, perhaps, but really not such a good thing either as it's a habitual holdover from the program of mental conditioning we were subject to.
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No, I hate when JW's use this phrase.
In a shepherding call an elder asked me if I still believe this (JW) is the truth.
I said Jesus is the truth.
God's word the bible is the truth.
Being honest and not lieing is the truth.
moo
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The enemy of my enemy is my friend
by moomanchu inhttp://www.totalcatholic.com/universe/index.php?news_id=2056&start=0&category_id=5&parent_id=0&arcyear=&arcmonth.
if the jw's were in a tract about false religon it would be proof they had the troof because of persecution.. .
moo.
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moomanchu
If the JW's were in a tract about false religon it would be proof they had the troof because of persecution.
moo
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More JW folklore
by looking_glass infolklore, wives tales, or jw bs, whatever you want to call it, i am sure it will pass around the globe in record time and become an honest to goodness truth.. .
prayers of children (experience).
this experience was given at a circuit assembly in california.
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moomanchu
A shepherding call where one word was never spoken but was
successful!A member of a certain Kingdom Hall, who previously had been
attending meetings regularly, stopped going. After a few weeks, an elder
decided to visit him.It was a chilly evening. The elder found the man at home alone,
sitting before a blazing fire. Guessing the reason for the elders visit,
the man welcomed him, led him to a comfortable chair near the fireplace and
waited.The elder made himself at home but said nothing. In the grave
silence, he contemplated the dance of the flames around the burning logs.
After some minutes, the elder took the fire tongs, carefully picked up a
brightly burning ember and placed it to one side of the hearth all alone.
Then he sat back in his chair, still silent. The host watched all this in
quiet contemplation. As the one lone ember's flame flickered and
diminished, there was a momentary glow and then its fire was no more. Soon
it was cold and dead.Not a word had been spoken since the initial greeting. The elder
glanced at his watch and realized it was time to leave. He slowly stood up,
picked up the cold, dead ember and placed it back in the middle of the
fire. Immediately it began to glow, once more with the light and warmth of
the burning coals around it.
As the elder reached the door to leave, his host said with a tear
running down his cheek, "Thank you so much for your visit and especially
for the fiery sermon. I shall be back at the Kingdom Hall next meeting."POINT BEING, WE NEED THE WARMTH OF OUR BROTHERS - NOT TO BE ALL
ALONE & COLD.I think the brothers would like to literally put us in the fire !!!!!!!!
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Fun and relevant to us; sheep (apostates) running for freedom.
JW version ratings could be
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You need to improve.....how about studying a Watchtower.
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Urban Legend Experience JW Style
by moomanchu inenjoy:.
a shepherding call where one word was never spoken but was .
successful!.
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Why doesn't this thread show up on the friends topics it only shows up on active topics when it isactive?
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Urban Legend Experience JW Style
by moomanchu inenjoy:.
a shepherding call where one word was never spoken but was .
successful!.
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I knew I could count on you guys to get some good replies to make to the wacko relatives.
Thanks
more the merrier
moo
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Urban Legend Experience JW Style
by moomanchu inenjoy:.
a shepherding call where one word was never spoken but was .
successful!.
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Enjoy:
A shepherding call where one word was never spoken but was
successful!A member of a certain Kingdom Hall, who previously had been
attending meetings regularly, stopped going. After a few weeks, an elder
decided to visit him.It was a chilly evening. The elder found the man at home alone,
sitting before a blazing fire. Guessing the reason for the elders visit,
the man welcomed him, led him to a comfortable chair near the fireplace and
waited.The elder made himself at home but said nothing. In the grave
silence, he contemplated the dance of the flames around the burning logs.
After some minutes, the elder took the fire tongs, carefully picked up a
brightly burning ember and placed it to one side of the hearth all alone.
Then he sat back in his chair, still silent. The host watched all this in
quiet contemplation. As the one lone ember's flame flickered and
diminished, there was a momentary glow and then its fire was no more. Soon
it was cold and dead.Not a word had been spoken since the initial greeting. The elder
glanced at his watch and realized it was time to leave. He slowly stood up,
picked up the cold, dead ember and placed it back in the middle of the
fire. Immediately it began to glow, once more with the light and warmth of
the burning coals around it.
As the elder reached the door to leave, his host said with a tear
running down his cheek, "Thank you so much for your visit and especially
for the fiery sermon. I shall be back at the Kingdom Hall next meeting."POINT BEING, WE NEED THE WARMTH OF OUR BROTHERS - NOT TO BE ALL
ALONE & COLD.moo
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YOU "THINK" YOU KNOW.....BUT...YOU DON'T KNOW!!
by Terry inthe door to door work is a sham.. the central activity of the watchtower bible and tract society is not spreading their so-called "messege" about the kingdom of jehovah established in the heavens in 1914. that's a load of propaganda.. the door to door activity is feckless in producing converts.
in fact, it is an immense failure of mammoth proportions!.
but, it is a diversion.
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Why does the Jehovah witness organization even have printing operations???
Why don't they just use "Worldy" publishing companies?
Do any other religions have huge publishing businesses?
It doesn't smell right.
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Comments You Will Not Hear at the 12-31-06 WT Study (Discipline)
by blondie inwas he married to his own mother?
q1) why should we accept divine discipline?.
does that mean if a jw married their ex-stepmother or ex-stepfather today, they would be dfd?.
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Can u say Watchtower double talk
W85 12/1 4
Furthermore, if Catholic dogma followed the Bible, the sin-conscious Catholic would confess his sins to God, asking forgiveness through Jesus Christ. (1 John 1:9-2:2) The intercession of a human priest at any stage of "justification" has no foundation in the Bible, no more than the accumulation of merits upon which the doctrine of indulgences is based.-Hebrews 7:26-28.
Did not Jesus authorize his apostles to forgive sins?
There is no record in the Bible of a single instance in which an apostle listened to a private confession and then pronounced absolution. However, the requirements for being forgiven by God are set out in the Bible. The apostles, under the direction of holy spirit, could discern whether individuals were meeting such requirements and could on this basis declare that God had either forgiven them or not forgiven them.
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What are the beliefs of Jehovah's Witnesses as to confession?
When a person sins against God
Matt. 6:6-12: "When you pray, go into your private room and, after shutting your door, pray to your Father who is in secret . . . 'Our Father in the heavens, let your name be sanctified . . . and forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.'"
Ps. 32:5: "My sin I finally confessed to you [God], and my error I did not cover. I said: 'I shall make confession over my transgressions to Jehovah.' And you yourself pardoned the error of my sins."
1 John 2:1: "If anyone does commit a sin, we have a helper with the Father, Jesus Christ, a righteous one."
When an individual wrongs his fellowman or when he has been wronged
Matt. 5:23, 24: "If, then, you are bringing your gift to the altar and you there remember that your brother has something against you, leave your gift there in front of the altar, and go away; first make your peace with your brother, and then, when you have come back, offer up your gift."
Matt. 18:15: "If your brother commits a sin, go lay bare his fault between you and him alone."
Luke 17:3: "If your brother commits a sin give him a rebuke, and if he repents forgive him."
Eph. 4:32: "Become kind to one another, tenderly compassionate, freely forgiving one another just as God also by Christ freely forgave you."
When someone becomes involved in serious wrongdoing and
wants spiritual helpJas. 5:14-16: "Is there anyone [spiritually] sick among you? Let him call the older men of the congregation to him, and let them pray over him, greasing him with oil in the name of Jehovah. And the prayer of faith will make the indisposed one well, and Jehovah will raise him up. Also, if he has committed sins, it will be forgiven him [by God]. Therefore openly confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may get healed."
Prov. 28:13: "He that is covering over his transgressions will not succeed, but he that is confessing and leaving them will be shown mercy."
What if persons who commit sins do not seek help?
Gal. 6:1: "Brothers, even though a man takes some false step before he is aware of it, you who have spiritual qualifications try to readjust such a man in a spirit of mildness, as you each keep an eye on yourself, for fear you also may be tempted."
1 Tim. 5:20: "Reprove before all onlookers [that is, those who personally know about the matter] persons who practice sin, that the rest also may have fear."
1 Cor. 5:11-13: "Quit mixing in company with anyone called a brother that is a fornicator or a greedy person or an idolater or a reviler or a drunkard or an extortioner, not even eating with such a man. . . . 'Remove the wicked man from among yourselves.'"
moo