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C'mon, dear Skals (mornin' and peace to you!). Surely you can understand that some folks' understanding of some things are based on just HOW far removed from the thing they are? For whatever reason, you had the PRIVILEGE... of getting out earlier than most here (and if you can't see that that WAS a privilege, in spite of what you may have "lost" as a result, then I might have to have a "wow" factor as to YOU. Because your own getting out was not of your OWN volition - like some of us, you were asked to leave... and regardless of how you feel about that, I praise JAH that I was!). Sure, maybe we saw the filth before... or just after we did get out... but it wasn't like we did and said, "Oh, ooh, walkin' out RIGHT now!" I didn't do that and, per you, neither did you. It was only once you were OUTSIDE that YOU could see ALL that you do, now.
So, consider cutting dear LQ (peace, luv!) SOME slack, maybe? Else, really... truly... you are exhibiting hypocrisy. Because you are demanding from someone else something YOU didn't even do... nor can you know that you WOULD have. Had your parents been more loving, less judgmental, even more tolerant... so that whatever things you did that "offended" them DIDN'T... you very well may still be a part of that harlot, yourself.
Now, I know you have your thoughts about doing that, cutting folks' slack with regard to association with the WTBTS. But, I mean, sure, we ALL wish our dear brother would move a little faster (SA points two fingers at her eyes, then at dear LQ's)... for his OWN sake (AND his household's, of course, if not the poor children who ARE subjected to the "molestation" you mention). Who WOULDN'T... knowing what we know? Love would CALL for us to want him to move faster. BUT... love... is also long-suffering. And he's workin' on it, luv. And so, as long as he IS workin' on it... and not trying to EXCUSE anything "they" do... which he absolutely does not... then the rest of us should exercise SOME patience on his behalf, yes? While WE know the circumstances may NEVER be "right," there's no reason to think HE doesn't know that. Yet, we can also understand how one might need them to be just a tad better (although, I must admit, I cannot imagine how that might be given the benefits of faith - yet, it is not for ME to decide, is it?). In the meantime, we can continue to ENCOURAGE him, absolutely, which MIGHT actually HELP him increase his courage... and gain enough strength... to do what he ADMITS he knows he must do.
What, though, pray tell, is the BENEFIT in continually "biting" at him... even "slapping" him... or ANYONE... just because they might not be doing what WE (would) do... or in OUR timeframe? Exhort? Yes, absolutely. Encourage? Do, totally. Remind? Certainly. Reprove? If the occasion calls for it, perhaps, and certainly if you are directed (by Christ, through holy spirit) to do so. Because sometimes that's what it TAKES to save one from HIMSELF/HERSELF... his or her own way.
But "bite" (and what you're doing is "biting," luv, as it's INTENDED to cause "pain")... and "slap" (which is what you said you "did")... just because someone isn't moving at YOUR pace... why??? How is that HELPFUL? How is it even RIGHT??
Trust me, I totally get your impatience... even if for a different reason. But I get it. We ALL get it. But dear LQ doesn't and didn't deserve all you "gave" him, luv. And certainly not in that way. I understand zeal. You KNOW I do. I understand fervor. I understand urgency. I understand impatience with ALL of this. You KNOW I do. I DON'T understand, though, how you want (total) freedom of speech... and to BE understood/empathized with YOURSELF... yet, feel it totally okay to deny such (freedom of speech, understanding, and empathy) to another. And will attack as you did (because it was an attack, luv)... when another just benignly shared some information. Information you didn't... and still don't... have to peruse.
Truly... I just don't get it. And so, I am sharing with YOU what I am here.
I hope you can receive it. Truly.
As always, peace to you!
YOUR servant and a slave of Christ,
Shel
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