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Thursday, August 28 Jehovah is near to all those calling on him, to all who call on him in truth.​—Ps. 145:18.


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Thursday, August 28

Jehovah is near to all those calling on him, to all who call on him in truth.—Ps. 145:18.

 

 

Jehovah, “the God of love,” is with us! (2 Cor. 13:11) He is interested in us personally. We are convinced that we are “surrounded by His loyal love.” (Ps. 32:10) The more we meditate on how he has shown us his love, the more real he becomes and the closer we feel to him. We can approach him freely and tell him how much we need his love. We can share all our worries with him, confident that he understands and that he is eager to help us. (Ps. 145:19) Just as we are drawn to a warm fire on a cold day, we are drawn to Jehovah’s warm love. Although Jehovah’s love is powerful, it is also tender. So welcome Jehovah’s warm love in your life. And may we all respond to his love by exclaiming: “I love Jehovah”!—Ps. 116:1. w24.01 31 ¶19-20

You can't walk with God while holding hands with the Devil.

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Jehovah’s love does more than comfort us — it gives us courage. When we know we are cherished by him, we can face trials without feeling abandoned. His love steadies our steps and reminds us that we are never walking alone.

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I read the scripture at 1 am this morning and wept.   Why?  Well, my youngest brother has throat cancer and going through chemo and he sent me pictures and his neck looks black from chemo-therapy.  He can't talk, eat or, drink water.  I was teaching him scriptures.

 

I cried like a child.  To change gears here, we have a brother that was taken into custody because on the night of our meeting this past Tuesday, he slept in the parking lot of Shop-Rite.  ????? go figure.  He's about late 30s and has mental  issues but, manageable.  He now is in a mental institution for evaluation and his dad was called so, he flew in and is by his side but, hopefully he will take him back home.  "hopefully"

 

That very same night a sister was humming in the back of the hall and then darted out in hysteria, agitated.  Brothers followed her and took her home.  Made sure she was ok.  They found out she was off her meds.  sigh.

 

All along I was aware of what was going on but, try to keep my study who was sitting beside me  focused on the meeting.

 

I asked my husband what was going on and he confirmed what I was already aware of.  He was up and down in his chair as he was being tapped on the shoulders by the brothers.  Needless to say I broke down in tears because?  I was full.  I'm seeing alot of friends looking for places to live, mentally not there, and asking for help when we as a congregation have our own setbacks.  They have no transportation and so we taxi back and forth.  Others have a car but, they don't drive at night.  "lord".

 

People are moving in here without money, mental issues, no car, can't afford to stay.  Friends are dropping their elderly here and wants us to pick up the slack.

 

I'm exhausted emotionally and broke down in tears and........the crazy part?  My husband could not accept that I was emotionally drained.  I turned to Jehovah for help but, was very disappointed in my husband.  I cried myself to sleep.  He's a good elder, good brother, always available, peace-maker only, one problem.  He doesn't know how to deal with me when I too hurt.   However, living a life of chaos before we met has prepared me for battle.  So, I deal with what is missing.  Him.

 

Getting back to scripture, I read it this morning at 1 am.  I thank Jehovah for it.

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Dear dear sister

 

I feel so bad for you.  If I were near I’d give you such a big hug.  These truly are the last of the last days.  Idk a single person that doesn’t have severe difficulties at the moment.  I wish I could give u some comfort, but please keep turning to and talking to our Father Jehovah as you have been doing - He is the ultimate source of comfort and Father of tender mercies. 
 

I know what it’s like to go through mental and emotional torture and feeling like you’re all alone… but you’re not.  Just keep holding on - all trials have an expiry date.  Relief will come.  Sending love to you 🙏💕

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13 hours ago, dljbsp said:

Jehovah’s love does more than comfort us — it gives us courage. When we know we are cherished by him, we can face trials without feeling abandoned. His love steadies our steps and reminds us that we are never walking alone.

@cme This will help you endure with love for God all the more my dear sister.

 

It's a real challenge to our hearts when the ones closest to us don't understand us as much as we'd hope (in our heart) they would. But Jehovah is aware.

 

Complimentary morning worship to today's text and your thoughts David—the connection between the ransom and the beautiful qualities of love in producing our inner peace, and courage—in turn, granted us through our trials by imitating Jesus' faith.

https://www.jw.org/en/library/videos/#en/mediaitems/VODPgmEvtMorningWorship/pub-jwb-080_13_VIDEO

“Worrying is like sitting in a rocking chair—it gives you something to do but it gets you nowhere.”  — English proverb

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