Monday, May 29, 2006
Well, again, while many others are not working, I am. Hopefully, we can finish early so we can make like a tree and leave.
A good weekend, I had. We did another wedding on Saturday. It turned out pretty good. People seemed to be having a good time dancing, so that's a good thing. The bride's maids had a surprise for her. They made a slideshow of pictures and video of friends and family from where she came from. That was a nice touch to the party.
Yesterday, we had our meeting. The excellent talk given by brother Ramirez asked us if we are content with the provisions that Jehovah has given and that is currently giving us. We should never feel malcontent with those provisions. His provisions include 1) His Word, the Bible, 2) His Holy Spirit, and 3) and the faithful and discreet slave, from which we receive spiritual food to strengthen us during these "last days". He also brought out that we should never feel like it's too much to study, it's too much to read, too many publications. Jehovah know what we need and when we need it and everything we recieve is im-por-tan-te. And we should always take advantage of what He gives us.
The Watchtower study was also great. But then again, they all are great. As we considered, it was about how to keep our hands strong, in a spiritual sense. It focused on the prophecies of Haggai and Zechariah and how we should examine ourselves and what we have as priorities. In postexilic times, the most important work to be done was the reconstruction of Jehovah's temple. That was priority over all else. We don't want to fall into the same thinking as the israelites, and put work that we have, which is the preaching work, in second place. It's never second place for secular work, it's never second place for school. And if we continue to participate in that work, but whole-heartedly, then we will keep on receiving Jehovah's blessings. Because if we don't, he will retract it. And I don't think that's a good thing.
But anyway, that's pretty much it, my weekend in a nutshell.... a pretty big nutshell.
Ok, here's a joke: What happens when a frog illigally parks? He gets toad!!!
