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Y F X J M Your friends xeroxed junk memorabilia. TOWEL

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Businesses today talk about 'alignment'. 'Shared vision'. But in a field outside Bethsaida, Jesus taught something far stronger. He looked at a problem too large for one pair of hands and told His disciples to feed the crowd. The resources were almost embarrassing — five barley loaves and two small fish. The math didn’t work. The scale didn’t make sense. Yet no one stepped back. They stayed under His direction. They organized the people. They carried the baskets. They moved. He performed the miracle, but they handled the distribution. They didn’t generate the supply; they participated in what He was doing. They kept walking row after row with food that shouldn’t have been enough, trusting the instruction more than the numbers in front of them. So what actually keeps a group moving when the inventory is thin and the need is overwhelming? Training? . . . Leadership structure? Or the confidence in the One giving the direction? That field wasn’t just about bread. It uncovered what really holds people together when the outcome isn’t visible yet.

There’s something sobering about the account in Luke 13. That woman’s suffering could not be excused. Eighteen years bent double. No hiding it. The oppression had visible shape. In many cultures today, that kind of direct, obvious manifestation is not what people see. That does not mean demonic influence has diminished. It means it often expresses itself differently. Instead of a body bent, it may be a mind bent. Instead of public humiliation, it may be private torment, something normalized in entertainment, in thinking, in moral reasoning. Did you see the contrast? In the first century, people could point and say, ‘This woman is afflicted.’ Today, a culture may point at anxiety, confusion, obsession with power, or fascination with violence—and call it progress or freedom. What do we learn from that? We mus avoid naivety. Ephesians 6:12 reminds us: “because we have a struggle, not against blood and flesh, but against the governments, against the authorities, against the world rulers of this darkness, against the wicked spirit forces in the heavenly places.” The struggle has not ended; its tactics have shifted. The absence of spectacle does not equal the absence of influence. Deliverance always directed attention upward, not toward spectacle; the result was that she “began to glorify God.” So while oppression may not always appear dramatic in our culture, it still leaves its mark. We discern its fingerprints in systems, attitudes, and pressures that bend people away from Jehovah’s standards. Our task is not to dramatize it, nor to ignore it, but to remain spiritually alert—steady in perception, grounded in truth, and determined that our response, like hers, results in giving glory to Jehovah.

As you can imagine, it's a bit of both. The ones that stay throughout, would be the 12, (and ones like these) that often are named. From what I see, there are also 'groups' of characters that are 'regulars'. So if the disciples go to 'Cana", this group will have some familiar faces from the last visit to 'Cana'. And some new faces as well. We have some new ones from our congregation going up for the first time in the next few weeks. The 'audition' tapes were sent in some years ago. So it is a slowish process. And we are only half way through the 7 years. So there are no doubt many more that will be selected in the coming years.

Never have I ever read "Wuthering Heights" but I might read a summary, now. (Long expo, skip or forget).This was assigned to me as a senior in HS. My fiance had just been killed in the Vietnam War and my neighbor, whose husband was also a soldier, insisted I go out with a group. Told her about this reading assignment and she hounded up a Cliff note version. We were sitting at a table playing a card game I didn't know, and me trying to read up on the abbreviated Bronte novel. I didn't get it. Next day teacher gets to me in class(She obviously knew the cheat versions) and quickly figured I hadn't read the entire novel. She hammered me. She also dropped my grade for my going to my fiance's funeral. (unexcused absence) I might skip the synopsis, now that I think of it. bringing up too many grief memories, of which I have some fresh losses to survive. Not without hope.

Sunday, February 15 Praise Jehovah your God.—1 Chron. 29:20. When Jesus was on earth, he glorified his Father by acknowledging Him as the Source of his miracles. (Mark 5:18-20) Jesus also brought glory to Jehovah by the way he spoke about his Father and the way he treated others. On one occasion, Jesus was teaching in a synagogue. Among those listening was a woman who had been possessed by a demon for 18 years. The demon had caused her body to be bent double so that she was unable to straighten up. How distressing! Moved by compassion, Jesus approached the woman and addressed her tenderly, saying: “Woman, you are released from your weakness.” He then laid his hands on her, and instantly she stood up straight and “began to glorify God,” her health and dignity fully restored! (Luke 13:10-13) That woman had good reason to give Jehovah glory, and so do we. w25.01 2-3 ¶3-4

OJVDQ Orange Juice varies daily quotas. QUOTA

Does anyone know ... Are they using the same people throughout or are they changing brothers and sisters out?

Junior underlings dodge great expectations O J V D Q

dfghj Does feeling good help judgment? JUDGE

Hi, Vonny, which part of the South are you in. We have had flooding here, but not as much as some.

In the south of the UK weeks of rain. Up north 21 days with no sun. Happy that today we're enjoying a rare day of sunshine before more of the same

Uncle Nabal identified Felicity Youngerman D F G H J

ELCNU Electors left cities nothing useful. UNIFY

Thomas essentially enumerated nothing special E L C N U

Are we half way thru winter? A little up score in the temp, maybe snow or rainstorm. Spring approaching.

Dinah Shore used to sing "See the USA in your Chevrolet" then would kiss her hand and blow that kiss, often wearing white gloves.

Swan-song is a figure of speech denoting last action (before retirement ?)and is debated as an old theory or myth that a swan would sing as a final act.

RTYUI Restless teenagers yelled unbearably irritable. TEENS

I came in the Truth in 1975. MEPS began in 1979. I went back to Brooklyn as a temp worker in '83 - '84. I said I don't know the details, but IBM's strong interest in commercial opportunities was not unknown. What MEPS could do was revolutionary in the publishing industry. Thanks to Michael, digital_dreamer , for the research.

Saturday, February 14 Give them something to eat.—Matt. 14:16. Jesus’ request to feed the crowd was a problem because there were about 5,000 men. And including women and children, there may have been 15,000 people to feed. (Matt. 14:21) Andrew spoke up: “Here is a little boy who has five barley loaves and two small fish. But what are these among so many?” (John 6:9) Barley loaves were commonly eaten by the poor and others, and the small fish may have been salted and dried. Still, the amount that the boy had would not be enough to feed so many—or would it? Wanting to be hospitable to the crowd, Jesus directed the people to recline in groups on the grass. (Mark 6:39, 40; John 6:11-13) We read that Jesus gave thanks to his Father for the bread and the fish. It was entirely fitting to thank God, who in reality was the Source of the food. What a good reminder for us to follow Jesus’ example by praying before a meal. Jesus then had the food distributed, and the people ate and were satisfied. w24.12 2-3 ¶3-4

1984 Awake! MEPS—An Exciting Leap Forward in Publishing Jehovah’s Witnesses—Proclaimers of God’s Kingdom Producing Bible Literature for Use in the Ministry The software development team developed this system using principally IBM hardware. IBM later called this program the “Integrated Publishing System,” or IPS. The respected Seybold Report on Publishing Systems, Volume 12, No. 1, September 13, 1982, commented: In concluding its report, Seybold said: Artwork had to be produced for each character in a language, which included the upper and lower case, as well as diacritical marks and punctuation, all in a variety of size ranges, with separate drawings for each typeface (light, regular, italic, bold, extra bold, and combinations of each, like bold-italic). Each roman font needed 202 characters. Therefore, the 369 roman fonts have required a total of 74,538 characters. Preparation of Chinese fonts called for the drawing of 8,364 characters for each, with more characters to be added later. MEPS made working with various languages much easier than before. Note the following comment as it highlights working with Arabic languages:

@NJasper May I suggest you start a new thread for you application, please. I think it deserves a place of its own ;-)