Friday, December 20 ~ Clothe yourselves with the new personality.​—Col. 3:10.

[GrumpysWife]

Friday, December 20

Clothe yourselves with the new personality.—Col. 3:10.

 

At one time, Witnesses of different skin color in South Africa could not freely associate with one another. However, on Sunday, December 18, 2011, it was a wonderful sight to see over 78,000 of our brothers of different races from South Africa and neighboring countries packed into the largest stadium in the city of Johannesburg to enjoy a spiritual program. One of the managers of the stadium said: “This is the best-behaved crowd I have ever seen in this stadium. All are neatly dressed. And you people have cleaned the stadium so nicely. But most of all, you are truly multiracial.” Such comments by non-Witnesses show that our international brotherhood is truly unique. (1 Pet. 5:9, ftn.) What, though, makes us so different from any other organization? With the help of God’s Word and his holy spirit, we work hard to “strip off the old personality.” In its place, we “clothe [ourselves] with the new personality.”—Col. 3:9. w17.08 17-18 ¶2-3

[Edwin34]

 

[CHecker]

I love this Vernalee, our brotherhood is colorful and full of varieties. Love that. We can get cramped in our own nationality but variety is definitely the spice of life. I love it when I go to RC and see so many different races. Beautiful.

[Tortuga]

From a brother that was at the Johannesburg 2011 convention.