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Greetings and peace to you, dear, dear TAMS!
All is/has been well with me and mine and I hope the same is true for you, hubs, the young men... and ALL here along with their households.
Based on the way you state it, I'm not sure if you're sharing a dream, vision, or physical experience. Whichever way, I am VERY glad you received clarity and remembered to share with us. But... YES... as to all - I, myself, am aware as to the kingdom, IT being our country and, as seed of the Jerusalem Above, OUR being "alien residents" in regard to this world. For our dear Lord did say that HIS kingdom is NO part of this world. I am personally grateful that it isn't, given today's politics (OY VEY!).
And while it IS hard, sometimes, not to have an opinion or even not to jump on some political wagon, even in thought, NOT being part of this world makes times like the current one MUCH easier to exist in and cope with, IMHO. Listening to people, watching them orate or interview on TV/in the streets/on social media... reading all of the propaganda and rhetoric in news feeds/online, etc... the STRESS so many have right now! And rightly so, for so many whose countries are being guided by human hubris into crime, war, famine, revolt... not to mention the other atrocities humans keep committing against their fellow humans - OY. VEY.
Praise JAH that ALL of that is exclusive to THIS world... and one to which WE don't belong[/]! So, for us, it can be similar (and helpful!) to our view of folks in individual countries/regions: we HATE what you're undergoing but that's what you get when you look to fellow humans as kings and leaders - remember, they have a rightful "due" bestowed on them by the Father Himself.
Due to several factors in my life (i.e., my gender, my culture's history, treatment I've received in relation to both, from foe AND "friend"), though, I've [i]never felt more than an iota like I "belonged" here: something has always been "off." That is partly why JWs were even able to reach me.
I cannot express my gratitude at learning, first as a JW (about being "no part of this world,"), but more accurately from our dear Lord himself, though, that we aren't even of this world (it is our "Egypt" and "Canaan"), but of the "seed" that was sown by the Father IN it.
Like an immigrant holding a temporary visa, knowing[i] this helps to have me to have empathy for those OF this "country" (the world) who are suffering while not getting involved or entangled in whatever [i]their leaders, beliefs, cultures, religion, politics, traditions, pursuits, etc., put upon them.
Otherwise, well, I can see how it IS "he'll on earth" for some. Many.
So, thank YOU, again, for sharing this with us... and all praise to our heavenly Father and, of course, our dear, DEAR Lord for allowing you to do so.
May the undeserved kindness and mercy of our dear Father, JaH Who Breathes... and the love and peace of His most precious and BLESSED Son, our dear Lord, Master, Savior, Guide, Teacher, Instructor, Redeemer, Shepherd, and Leader... the Father’s King and ours... JaH'eShua... the HOLY One of Israel, Holy Spirit, and Chosen One of JaH... be upon you, dear sister... and upon you ALL and your entire household, to time indefinite!
Let EVERY living, breathing thing praise JaH!
Praise JaH, you people and KISS His Son!
Your servant, sister, and a slave of Christ,
Shel
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