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Monday, August 11 Let your reasonableness become known to all men.—Phil. 4:5. Jesus imitated Jehovah’s reasonableness. He was sent to earth to preach to “the lost sheep of the house of Israel.” But he showed reasonableness in carrying out that assignment. On one occasion, a non-Israelite woman begged him to heal her daughter who was “cruelly demon possessed.” Jesus compassionately did as the woman asked and healed her daughter. (Matt. 15:21-28) Consider another example. Earlier in his ministry, Jesus declared: “Whoever disowns me . . . , I will also disown him.” (Matt. 10:33) But did he disown Peter, who denied him three times? No. Jesus took into account Peter’s repentance and faith. After being resurrected, Jesus appeared to Peter and very likely assured him of his forgiveness and love. (Luke 24:33, 34) Both Jehovah God and Jesus Christ are reasonable. What about us? Jehovah expects us to be reasonable. w23.07 21 ¶6-7

Info about September campaign. I haven’t decided if I want auxiliary pioneer but I feel an itching.

I remember on the LP vinyl recordings of the 1966 Pink songbook that song 19 - "Paradise present and Future" was played with a Hawaian guitar and sounded like the music from that lovely culture. I liked singing that one, everyone who listened to it couldn't help swaying to it like Hawaians do when they sing.I haven't heard that version since the records were given away/disposed of from the Kingdom Hall many years ago.

Yes I do the same when I can't sleep at night. Open my window and listen. I hear birds of prey calling - muelling to each other. Owls calling the male to female - one going Twit and one going Woo. Watching bats flitting among the house eaves and trees catching moths by the street lamps. Watching the awesome, to the point of being a bit scary, massive night sky - stars; constellations meteor showers, different coloured moon or shapes of moon depending on when in the month I am watching. It is restful when I have worries that have kept me awake. Reminds me there's things going on bigger than myself and sometimes a time to pray for help and God's peace. I used to love watching the sea from my rear windows by day - occasional dolphins or seals and birds following trawlers, visiting tall replica sailing ships, but the neighbour below is building a massive extension on his home, so I will soon lose the view to just the shade of a slate grey roof. Reminds us that we weren't meant to live so close to each other. I hated living in a big town when I was small where the only window views were other walls and rooves. That's just soulless and inhuman in my opinion.

Mine is setting down to watch a family movie with friends and then notice the kids scrolling on their phones during it.

Carly invited Nathan canoe overturning U G X E M

Hi Aine, Im grateful for my true friends who have helped me and continue to help me through very difficult times. Are u in Ireland? My family are from Dublin - all in England now though 😊

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When I meet the three of them in our New World, I will share with them a story I read about them in the Old World. Is that okay with you, Tim? I saved your art from yesterday to add to my personal study project this morning. Thank you, Tim!

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That's right, Tim. Truly beautiful, and informative. It makes you want to take the road with Jehovah, in Wisconsin, Bible under your arm. I know It will happen one day, and that day is very close. Isn't eternity the path that the dream travels towards its realization ? Thanks again.

Thank you. It's so beautiful to live special moment, just as an observer, free of any hassle, simply enjoying the moment, the bliss, the beauty, the peace. Paradise life will be even more marvellous

Thanks to Jehovah, and thank you Tim for sharing this!!

Awww.....Tim, thank you. I needed that this morning. I thank Jehovah for brothers like you. Again....thank you.

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Last Friday morning I was driving down a back country highway...I was only going about 30 mph...I didn't want to rush. I was listening and taking in the sights and sounds of a warm Wisconsin early morning. Barn swallows were swooping in and out of a rustic, red sided barn off to my left...the hammering hollow sound of a woodpecker attacking a large Elm tree somewhere off to my right. My windows were down...my heart was wide open...and then two bay spotted fawns darted out in front of my work van...skipping across the road and down into the dense undergrowth in the ditch to my immediate left. Coming to a full stop...I waited for a full minute...sure of what I was about to see next...and sure enough...a minute or so later...out came the momma doe...cautiously poking her head out between a couple of thick dogwood bushes before throwing me a look of, thank you for waiting, and prancing across the road to join her babies. I was about to start off again when suddenly...out of nowhere...the giant red ball of early morning sunlight burst into view in my side mirror...and I put my van in park...my eyes fixed on the stunning sight. Pausing, I thanked Jehovah for allowing me to see this, to be in this exact spot...at this exact time...even if no one else was there to appreciate it...I was...and I am so grateful to Jehovah that he allowed to see it...to experience it. And that experience brings me to the following quote: "It is possible that God says every morning, "Do It Again!", to the sun." G. K. Chesterton. In a way...that's true...and that thought led me back down memory lane so something a visiting speaker from Bethel said in a talk to those of us who were in prison one Friday evening...and that's what I am sharing with each of you this Sunday morning. Lamentations 3:23 "They are new each morning; your faithfulness is abundant" After having us read this verse, the brother told us that when Jehovah assures us his "mercies" are new each morning...he doesn't mean "reheated leftovers". No, he means freshly minted, custom fitted compassion...(his words taken straight from my old notes of his talk that day)…mercies that have literally NEVER EXISTED…before that day! To back that up, he told us that the Hebrew word used there for "new" carried the idea of "freshness"...not just "repetition". In other words...Jehovah's loyal love doesn't just endure...it invents! Today's trials will meet up with Jehovah's specifically crafted mercy...for that day. So please...just breathe in and out...and don't feel like you are required by Jehovah to drag yesterday's strength into today. You aren't...period! Have you ever had that certain chewing gum that...with each time you bite down...little crunches of minty fresh flavor burst inside your mouth? Don't they surprise yet delight you...after all...it enhances the flavor, doesn't it? Well allow Jehovah to be like that to you this morning...allow those little bursts of his loyal love to surprise and enhance your day! Just know that each and every sunrise is like hearing Jehovah's voice whisper across the surface of the earth, "Do it again!"...and it's not out of "routine"...it literally stems from his relentless, creative loyal love that is new each and every single day! For a final parting thought...as you step into each morning...know that each of you is stepping into brand new mercies for that day...and no matter what else happens...it will always be enough...because it's coming from the source of all comfort!

There are NO repetitions because the territory number is the combination of the category and territory. A picture speaks a thousands words so I've included some screenshots to help clarify. sample s-13.pdf

There are some birds that are less than a week incubation, and others, far longer than at chicken. The Wandering Albatross is 78-80 days. Even the platypus, only incubates their eggs, 10 days

Ok, I understand but it would have non sequential territory numbers, besides having repetitions But maybe it would work if the territories would all be unique. 1-(1 to 10); 2-(11 to 20); 3(21 to 30).... The best way would be for the categories to be on the end rather than upfront, like 1(West); 10(North), etc... Or even better to be on a column of it own

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The continuation of # 4, of course

"So when nothing seems to be moving, maybe something is. Just not on our timeline."... that's very encouraging, thank you. There are very different gestation periods in the animal kingdom. It seems to me that after whales, the longest are those of the giraffe and the elephant. It can even be as long as 42 months for the lizard shark. Regarding the requests, expectations, and aspirations we express to Jehovah, perhaps the work that ultimately falls to us is to know which category our request belongs to—analysis is not always easy.

Not that I know of, Sister Jules. It's just that I wait for whatever food the FDS serves, like a baby waits for its feed. I always look forward to it and watch for the days.😊