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Letter that my DFed wife received from her Pioneer Mother

by Hangin_on in

we have been dfed for almost 3.5yrs and have been trying to get back in for 2 yrs and we are getting the runaround.. anyway..... here is the letter my pregnant wife received from her elderess pioneer mother.. .

dear mary,.

i am writing to ask you please do not try to talk to me until you are reinstated.

Guest with Questions

I'm so sorry to hear this. As everyone has already said, this must be really hard on your wife especially.

This brings up some bad memories for me when I was pregnant. I have never been a witness but because of my parents being witnesses the relationship was very strained. I remember when I was pregnant with my son my mother telling me about the end coming soon. This was supposed to be a joyful time for us as mother and daughter. I had complications after the birth but my mother still left a couple days later. My mother-in-law had to come and take care of me and the baby. When I was pregnant with my daughter my parents came to visit and left the day before she was born. They were living in Texas at the time.

sspo:Enjoy the watchtower and when you feel lonely and depressed, call Bethel and they will be there for you.

I can totally understand your feeling. The relationship with my mother is better now. When she is having problems she will call me. I'm the only one she has to confide in. She obviously can't talk to her "sisters" about her problems with her new elder husband whom everyone adores. So my question also is, why do you want to go back to an organization that treats you like this? Wouldn't it be better to focus on your own family without the stress of adding this toxic family relationship?

As a christian I don't believe that God approves of us ignoring and witholding love from family members. He gives us choices to believe and worship Him. He doesn't force us, Jesus never forced us, so we shouldn't force anyone. Do you think that if someone willfully does something wrong that this tactic of shunning would straighten them out anyway? If someone is remorseful for something they did they only need to go to God for forgiveness. The GB, like the Pope, aren't mediators between God and us.

Maybe it's best to back off from trying to have any relationship and try to keep things calm for your wife at least till the baby comes.

dobbie: I'm so sorry that this is happening to you, to stay away from your own grandchildren.

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I walked off the job today....

by Terry in

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can't explain this one.. right in the middle of my shift i became disassociative.. my brain locked and i threw my hands up and kept repeating, "i can't do this!

i can't take this!

right out the front door of the bookstore.. i wasn't angry.

Guest with Questions

Hi Terry, sorry to hear you're going through a difficult time. Sounds like burn-out to me. This happened to me many years ago. I was in a very stressful job and I remember one time falling over in the middle of the street from exhaustion. I took the day off. I'll never forget what my manager told me. "Take all the time you need as long as you get the job done". In time I realized that I had to quit and I gave them my notice.

Here's link to burn-out: http://www.psywww.com/mtsite/burnout.html

Hope it helps.

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Leave Britney Alone!

by kerj2leev in

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http://www.totallycrap.com/magazine/comments/emo_cries_over_britney_spears.

wow!!!

!.

Guest with Questions

Either he is a very disturbed young man or he's using Britney's name like so many have. Is it possible that he may want to go into acting. Look at the exposure he's getting.

Britney is responsible for the bad choices she has made but I still feel for her. I sensed when she first started out that this girl was heading for trouble. I have to wonder where her parents were then.

What I truly don't understand is the fascination or obsession with her, or with celebrities in general.

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Join me in pouring some love on Mouthy here on JWD!!!

by truthsearcher in

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i talked to grace this morning and she sounded like things have been rough for her lately, so join me in expressing your love and appreciation for our jwd granny!

Guest with Questions

Dear Grace, sorry to hear you are down. I pray that things will turn around for your grandkids. I know moving is a stressor in its self. Lots of hugs

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Korn: Why Brian Welch walked away.

by Guest with Questions in

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while listening to gospel while doing housework i found this.. there may be some that scoff at this, but i found it very powerful.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dlaodwjmsa&nr=1.

Guest with Questions

ringo5: I just read your response. First, "getting religion" doesn't change a person but a personal relationship with Jesus does. I've seen it enough times - drug or alcohol abusers that recovered because they finally gave it over to God. Because you don't believe doesn't make it less real. If you don't believe that God could change a person instantaneously, then what does? A person's own willpower? If someone had that much willpower wouldn't he have stayed away from the things that would harm him in the first place?

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Korn: Why Brian Welch walked away.

by Guest with Questions in

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while listening to gospel while doing housework i found this.. there may be some that scoff at this, but i found it very powerful.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dlaodwjmsa&nr=1.

Guest with Questions

Jaguarbass:

Why couldn’t the things he said and felt be true, at least to him? Even after two years the man still believes in Jesus. He sounds very lucid and sincere. If this was all because of speed you would think he would continue using, especially, if as you say, everything seems to come into focus. It doesn’t sound as though his "jesus peace" has been rattled. The man wanted to die in his former life. He sincerely believes that his life is much better now.

I’m not sure if you questioned if Jesus ever existed. Contrary to what many have said, Jesus, the man did actually exist, so we have to figure out if he was a lunatic, an evil liar, or if he truly was the Son of God as he claimed.

The two largest world religions, Christianity and Islam, consider Jesus to have been an important holy figure. In Christianity, Jesus is generally thought by believers to have divine attributes as the son of God and the Messiah. In Islam, Jesus is considered one of God's most important prophets. Most other religions' views on him range from considering him simply a man (mainstream Judaism) to an enlightened teacher (Buddhism). Others see him as an ordinary human being, if he existed at all (Freethought), (Atheism), (Agnosticism), (Humanism).

Couldn’t your statement "radical extremists of all sorts are full of shxt" be considered a bit of an extreme statement? It doesn’t seem to be a grey area to me.

Lost light:

As a believer, I think it is totally possible that God revealed Himself while Head was high on speed. My understanding is that he was searching and desperately wanting to get off drugs. He has been clean for two years and still believes. I don’t think that an individual can stop using on his own, so if not willpower, then what was it that stopped him from using?

Bigdreaux: A doctor gave me a prescription for amphetamines when I was in my late teens. Even though it would have been a mild dose in comparison to the street drug, I will never forget the feeling I got from it. I have to admit that it made me feel really good, I had lots of energy and felt very loving towards my dad, even though we never had a close relationship. One might get grandiose ideas for the moment, but it’s all make believe, it’s not based in reality. So I don’t advocate drug use at all either.

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Amazing Grace/how sweet the sound-some of my favourite gospel/worship music

by Guest with Questions in

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this song has always been one of my favourites.

wintley phipps tells the history of the song.

very moving.. amazing grace: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmf_24cqqt0&mode=related&search=.

Guest with Questions

Listening to Brian Doerksen this afternoon on YouTube while doing housework. (my cd player isn't working).

I saw him in concert at the church I attend last spring. It wasn't so much a concert as a time of worship. Very moving.

Just as I am: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovYPQl93zro&mode=related&search=

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Korn: Why Brian Welch walked away.

by Guest with Questions in

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while listening to gospel while doing housework i found this.. there may be some that scoff at this, but i found it very powerful.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dlaodwjmsa&nr=1.

Guest with Questions

While listening to gospel while doing housework I found this.

There may be some that scoff at this, but I found it very powerful.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DLAOdWjmsA&NR=1

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Photoshop these blanked WT & AW covers for Fun with Covers 8

by Wasanelder Once in

here they are:.

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Guest with Questions

awakened: I create my image in coreldraw, convert to jpg, upload the image at Photobucket, copy image and paste into JWD reply. Hope this helps.

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scriptures for the KM QB ??

by ush419 in

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i am lookin for some scriptures to use in the question box bs for the svc mtng.

other than examine the inspired expression what others can be used to show that research is needed.

tks in adv.

Guest with Questions

I started a response to Leolaia's post but I will give you what I have so far. Honesty has already mentioned two of the scriptures. I wonder why so many people allow any organization to dictate what they are to believe, what they are allowed to read. Some may not be aware of the censorship but I wonder if for a lot of people it is a security blanket or plain laziness. "I will let someone else do the thinking for me. I don't want to read and research the bible".

This is so foreign to me. I don't automatically believe everything a pastor tells me and a good one will tell you to look into it yourself. If a church or pastor ever told me that they alone had the truth and they talked of censorship I would run like the dickins.

One doesn't need to hide from or be afraid of truth. We may at times go off the path but I do believe that when we ask for guidance from the Holy Spirit, He will direct us. Ultimately what is truth? Jesus is Truth.

Mt. 18:20 For where two or three come together in my name, there I am with them!

Colossians 2:8 See to it that no one takes you captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy, which depends on human tradition and the basic principles of this world rather than on Christ.

Romans 12:2 Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is——his good, pleasing and perfect will.

We need to follow the example of the Bereans and EXAMINE the Scriptures for OURSELVES and not just accept what we are being taught by others without checking things out.

Acts 17:11 Now the Bereans were of more noble character than the Thessalonians, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if what Paul said was true.

We can be assured that Jesus, our Teacher and Wonderful Counsellor, and the Holy Spirit, will teach us, as we remain in HIM and keep in fellowship with His disciples.

I John 2:26 I am writing these things to you about those who are trying to lead you astray. 27As for you, the anointing you received from him remains in you, and you do not need anyone to teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about all things and as that anointing is real, not counterfeit——just as it has taught you, remain in him.

John 16:13 But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all truth.

2 Cor 3:17 Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.

Gal 5:1 It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.

I hope some of this helps.