Christian Meeting

I'm happy to be at the meeting (Christian meeting) today. We have wonderful public talk about TRUSTING JEHOVAH THE GOD OF ALL COMFORT. We face problems and challenges every single day in our life because we live in the world that full of hatred, crime and much more. A lot of people doesn't have LOVE for other anymore. A lot of them just think about themselves. Think about how to get more money and become rich in the eyes of others. Showing that they have more than other. And also I love the watchtower study article which talk about HOW JEHOVAH DRAWS CLOSE TO US. Yes every one need to have somebody to close to like our family friends but there is only one who can fill our needs and we need to have a close relationship with him, and that's our grand creator JEHOVAH. Jehovah showed his love for the human family by creating our beautiful earthly home. He still expresses his love for us by sustaining our life by means of his marvelous physical provisions. (Acts 17:28; Rev. 4:11) More important, Jehovah looks after our spiritual needs. (Luke 12:42) He also assures us that he personally listens as we pray to him. (1 John 5:14) However, the foremost way in which God draws us to himself and we are drawn to him is through the love he expresses by means of the ransom. (Read 1 John 4:9, 10, 19.) Jehovah sent his “only-begotten Son” to the earth so that we might be delivered from sin and death.—John 3:16. Jehovah could have had the angels do the writing of the Scriptures. After all, they have a keen interest in us and our activities. (1 Pet. 1:12) No doubt, the angels could have written down God’s message to mankind. But would they have seen things from a human perspective? Would they have been able to relate to our needs, our weaknesses, and our aspirations? No, Jehovah knew their limitations in this regard. By having humans write the Bible, Jehovah made it more personal for us. We can understand the thinking and emotions of Bible writers and others mentioned in the Scriptures. We can empathize with their disappointments, doubts, fears, and imperfections as well as rejoice in their joys and successes. Like the prophet Elijah, all the Bible writers had “feelings like ours.”—Jas. 5:17. Consider, for example, whether an angel could fully have conveyed the emotions of Jonah when that prophet ran away from his God-given assignment. How much better it was that Jehovah had Jonah write his own account, including his earnest prayer to God from the depths of the sea! Jonah said: “When my life was ebbing away, Jehovah was the One whom I remembered.”—Jonah 1:3, 10; 2:1-9. The Bible says that “Asa did what was right in the eyes of Jehovah” and that his “heart was complete with Jehovah.” (1 Ki. 15:11, 14) We too need to serve God with a complete heart. It is absolutely vital that we do so if we are to enjoy a close relationship with him now and in the future. How thankful we can be that Jehovah has taken the initiative to draw us to him and to help us to form and maintain a close bond with him! We should never draw away from Jehovah. If we have allowed some distance to develop between him and us, we should act in accord with Hosea 12:6, which states: “Return to your God, maintain loyal love and justice, and always hope in your God.” Let us, then, draw closer and closer to Jehovah by reflecting appreciatively on the ransom and by diligently studying his Word, the Bible.—Read Deuteronomy 13:4.

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Container Store pays workers on average $50,000 Jolie Lee, USA TODAY Network 3:26 p.m. EDT October 17, 2014 AP HOMES ORGANIZING A SPF USA NY MORE Container Store employees make on average nearly $50,000 a year, CEO Kip Tindell says in his newly released book, Uncontainable. That's more than double the $23,690 average national salary ($11.39 per hour) of a retail sales worker, according to 2013 data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Employee compensation has made headlines in recent weeks. Last month, fast-food workers went on strike in support of raising the minimum wage. This week, Walmart CEO Doug McMillon addressed the minimum wage, saying: "It is our intention over time that we will be in a situation where we don't pay minimum wage at all." Even by paying employees a higher salary, the Container Store is able to make money, Tindell told Business Insider. He says that he believes a great employee is three times more productive than just a good employee. "You can pay them twice as much and still save, since you get three times the productivity at two times the cost," Tindell, who is also the incoming chairman of the National Retail Federation, said in the interview. Opponents to a minimum wage increase say it would destroy jobs and increase prices. The Container Store isn't the only retailer to offer wages above industry norms. A look at a few others:

How to make money through blogging?

Hello everyone, Until now I'm still looking a way to make money using my blog. But its seems that I don't know how. I cant work because my husband need me all the time. And I don't want to work and leave my husband by himself because I'm scared if one day I will come home and something happened to him already. As his wife it is my responsibility to taking care of him. So Im hoping that somebody can help me to find a way to make a little money through my blog,... Thank you in advanced :) Hope you guys have a good day!.

STAY POSITIVE

Wherever we go problems always there. I'm just hoping that I will be strong enough to face all the problems we have, but I know I'm not alone. I know JEHOVAH is always there to help us. We move here in South Carolina to simplify our life and to look for a better doctor for my husband. But one doctor refuse to be my husband's doctor because of his pain meds (controlled substance). But he take pain meds only if needed if he cant handle the pain anymore. Yesterday we went to his first foot appointment here in SC. Hope they can find a solution for my husband's burning feet problem. My husband has a lot of health issues and some people doesn't understand my husband's attitude sometime. If a person is in pain I mean unbearable pain that person can be mean. Yes my husband can be mean sometimes but he doesn't do it intentionally. He will say a word that can hurt me but I need to understand him. Sometimes I even think and hope to have a robot like life so that I don't get hurt anymore. I love my husband dearly. I marry him not only for good times. I'm just hope that people would understand my husband. And also I'm hoping to be more patients, calm and serve and help him without complain. Its hurt me if someone say something bad about him.

Keys to a Happy Life

“I’ll be happy when I get married and have children.” “I’ll be happy when I have my own home.” “I’ll be happy when I land that job.” “I’ll be happy when . . .” HAVE you felt like that? And when you attained your goal or acquired the desired item, did your happiness last? Or did it begin to fade? To be sure, reaching a goal or obtaining something we have desired can make us happy, but that kind of happiness can be fleeting. Lasting happiness is not based solely on achievements or acquisitions. Rather, like good physical health, true happiness depends on a variety of factors. Each of us is unique. What makes you happy may not make someone else happy. Additionally, we change as we grow older. Yet, evidence suggests that some things are more consistently associated with happiness. For example, genuine happiness is linked to finding contentment, avoiding envy, cultivating love for others, and building mental and emotional resilience. Let us see why. 1. FIND CONTENTMENT “Money is a protection,” observed a wise student of human nature. But he also wrote: “A lover of silver will never be satisfied with silver, nor a lover of wealth with income. This too is futility.” (Ecclesiastes 5:10; 7:12) His point? While we may need money to survive, we should avoid greed, for it is insatiable! The writer, King Solomon of ancient Israel, actually experimented to see whether wealth and luxurious living fostered true happiness. “I did not deny myself anything that I desired,” he wrote. “I did not withhold from my heart any sort of pleasure.”—Ecclesiastes 1:13; 2:10. Having amassed great wealth, Solomon built grand houses, made beautiful parks and pools, and acquired many servants. Whatever he wanted, he got. What did he learn? His experiment made him somewhat happy, but not for long. “I saw that everything was futile,” he observed. “There was nothing of real value.” He even came to hate life! (Ecclesiastes 2:11, 17, 18) Yes, Solomon learned that a life of self-indulgence ultimately leaves one feeling empty and unfulfilled. * Do modern studies agree with that ancient wisdom? An article published in the Journal of Happiness Studies observed that “after one’s basic needs are satisfied, additional income does little to advance one’s subjective well-being.” Indeed, findings show that increased material consumption, especially at the cost of moral and spiritual values, can erode happiness. BIBLE PRINCIPLE: “Let your way of life be free of the love of money, while you are content with the present things.”—Hebrews 13:5. 2. AVOID ENVY Envy is defined as “the painful or resentful awareness of an advantage enjoyed by another, accompanied by a desire to possess the same advantage.” Like a malignant growth, envy can take over one’s life and destroy happiness. How might envy take root? How can we recognize this trait? And how can we combat it? The Encyclopedia of Social Psychology observes that people tend to envy their equals, perhaps in age, experience, or social background. A salesman, for instance, might not envy a famous movie star. But he may envy a more successful fellow salesman. To illustrate: Certain high officials in ancient Persia envied, not the king, but a brilliant fellow official named Daniel. Indicating how unhappy those men must have been, they even schemed to kill Daniel! But the plot failed. (Daniel 6:1-24) “It is important to recognize the hostile nature of envy,” says the aforementioned encyclopedia. “This hostility explains why envy is associated with so many historical cases of aggression.” * Envy can poison a person’s capacity to enjoy the good things in life How can you recognize envy? Ask yourself: ‘Do a peer’s successes delight or deflate me? If a sibling, talented classmate, or fellow worker fails in some way, am I sad or gleeful?’ If you answered “deflate me” and “gleeful,” you may be nurturing envy. (Genesis 26:12-14) “Envy,” says the Encyclopedia of Social Psychology, “can poison a person’s capacity to enjoy the good things in life and snuff out feelings of gratitude for life’s many gifts. . . . Such tendencies are hardly conducive to happiness.” We combat envy by cultivating genuine humility and modesty, which enables us to appreciate and value the abilities and good qualities of others. “Do nothing out of contentiousness or out of egotism,” the Bible says, “but with humility consider others superior to you.”—Philippians 2:3. BIBLE PRINCIPLE: “Let us not become egotistical, stirring up competition with one another, envying one another.”—Galatians 5:26. 3. CULTIVATE LOVE FOR PEOPLE “People’s feelings about their relationships have a bigger impact on their overall satisfaction with their lives than do their job, income, community, or even physical health,” says the book Social Psychology. Simply put, in order to be truly happy, humans need to give and receive love. “If I . . . do not have love, I am nothing,” said a Bible writer.—1 Corinthians 13:2. It is never too late to cultivate love. For example, Vanessa had an abusive, alcoholic father. When she was 14 years old, she ran away from home and stayed in foster homes, as well as in one bad shelter where she remembers begging God for help. Then, perhaps as an answer to her prayers, she was placed with a family who lived by the Bible principle that “love is patient and kind.” (1 Corinthians 13:4) That environment, coupled with what she was learning from her own study of the Bible, helped Vanessa to heal emotionally and progress mentally. “At school, my grades went from D’s and F’s to A’s and B’s,” she said. Vanessa still bears emotional scars. Nevertheless, she is now a happily married mother of two girls. BIBLE PRINCIPLE: “Clothe yourselves with love, for it is a perfect bond of union.”—Colossians 3:14. 4. BUILD RESILIENCE Who has a problem-free life? As the Bible says, there is “a time to weep” and “a time to wail.” (Ecclesiastes 3:4) Resilience helps us to get through such times, to bounce back from adversity. Consider Carol and Mildred. Carol has spinal degenerative disease, diabetes, sleep apnea, and macular degeneration that has blinded her left eye. Yet, she says: “I try not to feel discouraged for too long. I allow myself my ‘pity party.’ But then I set my feelings aside and thank God for what I am still able to do, especially for other people.” Mildred too has a number of ailments, including arthritis, breast cancer, and diabetes. But like Carol, she tries not to focus on her problems. “I have learned to love people and to comfort others during their illness, which helps me as well,” she writes. “In fact, I find that when I am comforting others, I am not worrying about myself.” Carol and Mildred sharing good news from the Bible with a passerby in a park Carol and Mildred find joy in comforting others Although both women are interested in receiving good medical care, they focus, not on their physical health, but on their attitude and how they use their time. As a result, they have an inner joy that no one can take away from them. Additionally, they are much loved by others and are an inspiration to people who are going through various trials. BIBLE PRINCIPLE: “Happy is the man who keeps on enduring trial, because on becoming approved he will receive the crown of life.”—James 1:12. When applied, the Bible’s wisdom is “a tree of life to those who take hold of it, and those who keep firm hold of it will be called happy.” (Proverbs 3:13-18) Why not discover that truth for yourself by tapping into the wisdom recorded in the Bible? After all, the Author of this sacred book, who is also called “the happy God,” wants you to be happy too.—1 Timothy 1:11. Adopt a Healthy View of Mistakes When people who are resilient make mistakes, they do not berate themselves with self-defeating language, such as “I’m a failure” or “I’m useless.” The Bible says: “A crushed spirit saps one’s strength.” (Proverbs 17:22) The book The Power of Resilience states that if you want to lead a resilient life, “you must recognize that mistakes and failure are a natural occurrence . . . Your choice is the manner in which you respond to these events.” “Show Yourselves Thankful” Found at Colossians 3:15, that is sound advice! Studies suggest that reflecting on positive aspects of our life and showing appreciation for kindnesses rendered us can foster a heightened sense of well-being.