CSA victims who DON’T want to come forward. (clip 16)
The analogy has been shared thousands of times... "put the oxygen mask on your face first before you try to help others."
But what do we do when we feel DEEP pain for OTHERS who we personally KNOW have suffered #CSA or any other kind of #abuse ?
Sometimes "doing our best" means living in denial. I guess everybody has different pain thresholds...and I could actually inflict more pain in another person if I try to "help." What are your thoughts? Again, I do NOT have the answers. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKfB7hJW25Y
Jehovahs Witnesses! Explore the beach and leave the WT resort! ("Test everything"....1 John 4:1-4)
Just a quick video, popping in to say hello. I hope life is treating everybody well. When I made my first video back in December 2018, I had a bunch of ideas for future videos, but now I don't really know if I'm just adding to "the noise" of the internet or actually adding something of value. I second guess myself all the time. So here is a light hearted video taken spontaneously while I was walking on the beach in Mexico. If you have any comments or ideas or questions for possible future videos, leave them in the comments below. Be well!
Here was one of the songs I was listening to on my walk...Enjoy!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_Vt4MlbM0c
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAceb5B7P3o
Oh...and just to let ya all know... Sheryl is not disfellowshipped and she has not disassociated and guess what...she is still #shunned (but wait...I thought that #JW don't shun people? They absolutely do)
In this video Sheryl answers these questions:
a bit more about 1975
How did you feel as a still believing JW at the 2016 convention...watching the bunker videos?
If you had known all the facts about Russell and Rutherford and the history, would you still been convinced?
Do you have any advice for a worldly spouse married to a PIMI? (my dad chimes in too!)
What are you enjoying now that you weren't able to do while in the organization?
What do you think are the foremost weak scriptural points that a JW has to swallow?
How was your marriage as a JW?
Some funny #familyworship memories.
What do you do to make you happy?
Have you made new friends?
How do you get over the heavy indoctrinated way of thinking?
Do JWs have any truths that mainstream Christianity doesn't?
Lost in Grace book
https://www.amazon.com/Lost-Grace-Jim-Fielder-ebook/dp/B07G7HNBZH/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=lost+in+grace+jim&qid=1583174416&sr=8-2
#stoptheshunning
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ptMp7w9vJ4
I've thought about making this video for several years. Ego and pride told me that I didn't really have a problem. I was the funny drinker. Fluent in Spanish drinker. The intellectual wine drinker. Port n chocolate. High ABV craft beer. Tequila. Hello! Jesus first miracle!
I drank a lot as a Jehovah's Witness, but I started drinking more after leaving Watchtower. Jesus saved me from Legalism and High Control Religion and I thought my drinking would magically disappear. I knew other people who stopped drinking upon being Born Again In Christ and I thought I would be cured! But that didn't happen. I drank more. And more. The old WT programming of shame reared it's ugly head. But I'm "high functioning."
Guess what...admitting I am powerless over alcohol is way more functioning than pretending to be all put together.
Please allow me to make this clear. I do not think everybody who wants to stop drinking has to do a 12 step program. I tried The Sinclair Method (including a prescription for Naltrexone) and yes, I felt sick on the medication, but that didn't stop my drinking. I do believe we all have a spiritual need to KNOW we are loved by our Creator. I call Him God and I call His Son Jesus. I'm just a seed planter, a 3 day sober farmer, and I'm humbled by God's Grace and the human angels who are helping me do the work. Work? Isn't that opposite of Grace? Not this kind of work...it's the daily program of self care, love, gratitude, and looking up.
My heart truly goes out to any Jehovah's Witness who may be struggling with alcohol or any substance that enslaves you because I KNOW it's terrifying to really ask for help in that organization without being harshly judged and cast out to "keep God's organization clean." That is completely opposite of Jesus.
Today is Day 3. I'm making this video to be real. My Ego wants to only show you the "finished project of Ali." But I think it's important to share the journey if it helps just one person.
Love God and Love Others. Follow Jesus!
Oh! And the Christmas Concert!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLKvzfnb_bw
#alcoholic
#jehovahswitness
#loveneverfails
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKNc-_WjXsU