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Thanks again David 👍. The connection between cultivating love “through prayer, humility, and meditating on Jehovah’s own patience with us”, and getting to trust others again is a great point. Getting back to basics is very beneficial.

This is beautiful. Thank you.

I am going through something right now that most might consider a small matter, but it hurt me nevertheless. These words made me cry, " Continue forgiving one another freely. The words are not a suggestion. They are a call to imitate the One who forgives most freely of all. Jehovah will never stop forgiving you. Will you, then, stop forgiving your brother?" I am still crying over what happened because I didn't expect it and I didn't react or try to correct the matter on the spot. This brother, on the other hand, showed me by example how to conduct myself when we went out during the preaching work, and here, I felt like he violated me. I don't want to keep a score card. I just want to move on, but, honestly, it hurt me. It embarrassed me, and he doesn't even know how much he hurt me. I don't want to remember but I can't forget what happened. However, I honestly believe I have to let this go somehow. I don't know how, except to keep praying about it. Hopefully, one day soon Jehovah will let me see how I grew from this experience. I don't expect this to happen again (trying to be positive here). Thank you for sharing this thought. It does give me reason to pause and reflect how much I have sinned against the Almighty, in the past, now, and I'm sure in the future, and how much patience Jehovah exercised towards me. My current inclination is to try to have a civil discussion about the matter. My guts tell me to let things ride and should something else come up again. So, for now, I'll let it ride (even with tears). Thank you, once again.

Interesting article. Where I grew up, there was one cherry tree in the back yard. The cherries it produced were about the size of the tip of my little finger and were very bitter. It just occurred to me that maybe another cherry tree would allow for some cross-pollination and make better fruit. I might do some research.

I found this article very interesting. I knew about PFS's; however, I was not aware of the phase-outs. We need God's kingdom so bad; the earth is suffering, humans, and animals are suffering because of what people have done to alter Jehovah's creation to become "man-made."

Microwave popcorn has been one of my staple favorite snack foods. After reading your blog I thought: 'Not microwave popcorn! Please no! Oh no!' But then I found the FDA (only as recently as February 2024) made a public announcement"that grease-proofing materials containing per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are no longer being sold for use in food packaging in the U.S. This means the major source of dietary exposure to PFAS from food packaging like fast-food wrappers, microwave popcorn bags, take-out paperboard containers and pet food bags is being eliminated." Question is, of course, can we take that statement at face value? How was this "elimination" of PFAS in food packaging in the U.S. done? Who was involved? Is there (or was there, is there still) an enforcement mechanism being used to check for industry compliance? Would these manufacturing companies be okay to go on public record to back up the FDA's announcement? https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/fda-industry-actions-end-sales-pfas-used-us-food-packaging

My ceramic ones just arrived yesterday!!

Oh David, if we didn’t have the truth…… 🤢 We are just so so sick of this awful system, literally and philosophically. But just knowing this system is now in the dregs stage, we can all endure just a little bit longer despite these unidentified illnesses we carry. Our work keeps us focused on the end game, the bigger picture, so we can keep going with Jehovah’s help (Phil 4:13 For all things I have the strength through the one who gives me power). What I’ve done recently is throw out all non-stick cookware and I’m using ceramic based ones. Again thanks for the info!

Literally my favorite food. I just wish my body could handle dairy better.