LeslieDean

Kindred spirits

I can follow directions as long as I understand them..😂 all through grade school every report card contained check marks for 'follows instructions well.' Then penciled in at bottom it said talks in class too much. I can not remember ever the teacher saying limit your talking during class. Or if they did I was talking and didn't hear them. 🤪😝😱 I.just don't want to be the one with the perplexed look on their face asking 'What did he say?' so I hope the instructions are short, loud and clear.

As soon as I get my iPad this week I will start posting..the cell phone is too hard to toggle between screens and attach.

I've been working on a cookbook for about the last 7 months or so. I find it very cathartic. It is recipes tied in with family stories and events. There has been lots of tears shed, and things lhings I have learned about myself, some good some hard to admit. But growth comes with a price. I remember my mom telling me as a child and my legs would ache so bad it was growing pains. I now relate that in a different manner. Yes, growing can be painful. I am thinking about posting some things here, personal thoughts and experiences tied to family recipes. Maybe you all could critique it just remember sometimes I bite. 😉

I'm thinking you may have come up with 'therefore let us eat chocolate today for tomorrow our savings may perish'

Thank you so much Jerry! That was my understanding to begin with, then when this comment was posted ; WT April 2013 "We Are Never Alone". Paragrah 12: "And when "the great tribulation" strikes, we can have absolute confidence that Jehovah will fulfill his promise to safeguard his people not only spiritually but also physically." Rev 7:9,14. I read it as meaning individually and went spinning. I'm back to understanding again with just your simple phrasing of ' this is why the next paragraph asks'. I hate that I start doubting myself and can't find the way out. I appreciate all of you who comments to get our understanding firm.

That sounds very detailed and complicated. I didn't understand a word. I'm so relieved that Jehovah will care for me regardless of my understanding capacity.

Correct. My wording was twisted. Sometimes my thoughts go faster than my texting finger. I understand in general the latest publication is always the current clarification and we are to go with that. But when I reread April WT I did not remember it being so specific about its statement re Physical protection during GT. So with the Nov study WT I thought it was just emphasizing physical protection for all of Jehovah's people at the time of A. Now I'm back to questioning my understanding of physical protection during GT. I realize after my explanation I may have you confused too! 🤪 It's scary isn't it trapped inside my thoughts? Thanks for your kindness.

Love the courage grows when faith grows. Can't wait to start our new publication in july. I started reading it about 3 or 4 months ago.

So does this mean that the November issue is the current one and perhaps April issue has changed the thought?

James 1:19 "Be swift about hearing, slow about speaking, slow about wrath." A family therapist that worked with my husband and myself would use this foundation during our sessions. He would say there is a big difference between avoidance and communication. He wanted us to practice to 'mirror' what we heard from each other with the goal to continue talking in order to resolve the issue. Sometimes people calm down simply because they feel heard. Before offering a solution, try repeating back what you heard: "So you're feeling frustrated because...". I always wanted to talk things out and Rick always wanted to ignore the issue. Then he would say sometimes if you are not getting anywhere try To ask the other for a time out. Not to avoid the issue but since it is highly charged to time to regain composure. When I started to study years later I found this scripture. Proverbs 17:14 "Before the quarrel breaks out, take your leave." I had to realize this applied to me. I finally began to understand trying to find a peaceful resolution sometimes met.purring aside your insistence to feel heard. The subject isn't avoided; it's postponed until it can be handled better. Ease up Leslie you can't always get your way. Proverbs 12:18 "The tongue of the wise is a healing." Before speaking, ask: "Will these words help solve the problem, or simply express my frustration?" I look back now and wonder if that therapist was a JW in the making or just able to discern human teaching and pull this out of classroom teaching. Anyway I can see even if someone is not a follower of Jehovah as long as they follow Bible principal whether known or unknown they can have success.

The society says we have to wait and see. It is not one of the two stated possibilities in this article. The current official position is that "peace and security" comes either before or after — and the timing remains deliberately open. So when we think about no one knows I just thought that would cover all bases. Just my immediate thought as I read it.

recent issue of The Watchtower,a Jehovah will soon put into the hearts of “the ten horns” (all the political powers) “his thought,” namely, that they give their power and authority to the “scarlet-colored wild beast”—the United Nations. This beast is also called “the image of the wild beast.” (Rev. 13:14, 15; 17:3, 16, 17) Then “the ten horns” and the newly empowered wild beast will remove false religion worldwide. Will the nations proclaim “peace and security”b before or after the destruction of false religion?—1 Thess. 5:3. What about DURING?

Ahhh. You stirred a beautiful memory of our old friendship with Ray Davis who made that line of the song a world famous hit. He was originally with George Clinton and the PFunk Allstars before moving to be with The Temptations filling in for the bass who died. What a treasured friendship we shared with him and his wife Bonita. It's nice when a memory out of know where makes you feel warm and fuzzy. We became good friends when he was dying from throat cancer. Ironic a famed man dying with a condition that effected what brought him superstar status. Who let the dogs out??? Loved it too.

I can't wrap my mind around these stories or figures so I feel it is Jehovah's way of protecting me. He always comes through wether I understand or not so we all can be grateful over that. If he waited till I understood we would still be back in the garden.