Truthseeker made me think. (THANK YOU) I have given a lot of thought to wordings that the WTS does in thier publications. Words like: Obey, Submit, Trust, Slave, etc. (You get the picture). We are always submitting our free will, commanded to trust to the Elders, the WTS, the so and so.. etc.
The one word that always used to haunt me was: Submit I still cringe when I hear it used in certain applications.
As a woman being told to submit in all things to a headship, brought about the question of trust. How can we submit to a Elder, a Husband or any person for that matter. When we don't know if we can trust thier judgements, especially when they are fallable and have been proven incorrect a lot of the time. How can we even trust the motive for this command? When we do not have our needs met in the simpliest of matters like basic needs, encouragement, etc. How can we trust someone who will kick us when we are down ? Shun us when we need help. None of this makes sense!
Especially when we are commanded (by God~ Jah~ what ever you wish to call him/her) to be Christ like. Yet they are the furthest from being as thus. Yeah they are imperfect and so on. But when you are shown your mistakes and you fail to make the changes for the better then you are making an active decision to continue knowing that you aren't in line with the very word of God you claim to follow. How is that not sin?
I see excuse after, excuse for the behaviors exhibited. From High up all the way down. New Light, Old Light, what ever! Do something about it rather than continue in the same crap!
It makes me ill to continually see this over and over. Matrix like, they are plugged in so tightly that it takes an entire life changing event to wake up.
Shiver!
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