DH is being reinstated to JWism...

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I am so sorry. I have been following your posts and all I can say is that I am so sorry and that prayer does help and I am praying for you.:console: :gopray2:
 
maryjk said:
I am so sorry. I have been following your posts and all I can say is that I am so sorry and that prayer does help and I am praying for you.:console: :gopray2:
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Thanks… I guess al I have left of hope is to leave it up to God.
 
yessarian, try to look at it this way;
If they would have shut him out again, he may have been so angry he would have rejected God and all religion thereafter. It’s happened!
By being back “in”, he may now see what a bunch of convoluted hogwash it all is and extract himself voluntarily. That also has happened.
Keep your chin up, attend Mass regularly and let the Lord work this out for you. If he’s meant to abandon this bunch, he will.
 
Hey everybody, on Divine Mercy Sunday please pray for Yessisan’s husband to return to the Church. Remember that the floodgates of God’s Mercy will be open.

Cheer up Yessisan, it ain’t over 'til it’s over!
 
Eileen_T said:
Hey everybody, on Divine Mercy Sunday please pray for Yessisan’s husband to return to the Church. Remember that the floodgates of God’s Mercy will be open.

Cheer up Yessisan, it ain’t over 'til it’s over!
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Thanks Eileen… :gopray2:
 
Eileen_T said:
Hey everybody, on Divine Mercy Sunday please pray for Yessisan’s husband to return to the Church. Remember that the floodgates of God’s Mercy will be open.

Cheer up Yessisan, it ain’t over 'til it’s over!
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okay…good idea!
 
Eileen_T said:
Hey everybody, on Divine Mercy Sunday please pray for Yessisan’s husband to return to the Church. Remember that the floodgates of God’s Mercy will be open.

Cheer up Yessisan, it ain’t over 'til it’s over!
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Will do, and until then, praying for Yessisan.
 
I have lifted him up since you made this post! So far 4 rosaries 😃
 
You guys are wonderful!! 😃 I don’t know what I’d do if I didn’t have CAF to vent out. I cannot tell anyone in my family this because they never want to listen about this problem since I brought it to myself. THANKS for all your support!!
 
Please do not give up hope!! All of us will keep praying for you and your husband. None of this is your fault by the way. Sometimes ones journey back home to the Catholic Church may take awhile, but results in much stronger faith than ever before!! Keep praying. God always hears our prayers. You might find it particularly comforting to ask for St. Monicas intercession.

There is a thread here at CAF, for women who are praying for their husband`s conversion. If you search on St. Monica, it should come up.

We will all keep praying, so there is no reason to despair!!

Sincerely,

Maria1212
 
Maybe his conversion will help to bring other ex-Catholic JWs Home.
 
I’ve decided to leave things the way they are and just wait and see what God has planned for DH. I’m just hoping that God’s call is strong enough to make DH listen, or better said, I hope DH’s heart will listen to God’s great message…

This Easter Sunday nobody in my family did anything special. My parents and I went to Mass and went to drink some coffee after. I went home and DH had already gone and come back from his meeting at KH (to the one close to our new house 😃 ), and just invited me to a bbq w/the JWs. I didn’t want to go, especially because it was Easter, the most important Holy Day of the CC (or Christians for that matter), but he had gone to a bday party w/me the day before.

So I did go, and no one actually spoke of religion, which was kind of nice. We took our dog, so he got all the attention 😃 plus, I kept on asking myself, “why is it that every time the CC has a big Holy Day, the JWs decide to have a bbq at the park?”. I asked DH this but he said he hadn’t noticed… :rolleyes:

I had a great Easter! Religion actually didn’t come between us in such an important day!

Hope all had a wonderful Easter!!
 
yessisan said:
I kept on asking myself, “why is it that every time the CC has a big Holy Day, the JWs decide to have a bbq at the park?”. I asked DH this but he said he hadn’t noticed… :rolleyes:
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Because they don’t have as much people to bother at home, they have more free time to actually have a life of their own.

Glad you had a good Easter!
 
dawgfan said:
Because they don’t have as much people to bother at home, they have more free time to actually have a life of their own.

Glad you had a good Easter!
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:rotfl: Good one! I think you are right… or could it be that deep inside, they are celebrating too? :rolleyes:
 
Years ago, the jws told me that their favorite time to go prostylizing is Christmas and Easter because at those times, the “worldly ones” are, generally, at home, and in a good mood. :rolleyes:
 
catsrus said:
Years ago, the jws told me that their favorite time to go prostylizing is Christmas and Easter because at those times, the “worldly ones” are, generally, at home, and in a good mood. :rolleyes:
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It’s true! I had a couple come to my old house on New Year’s day right before I went to Mass. When they saw my Christmas tree they looked as if they had seen the devil (they knew DH was a DF’d JW and probably wondered if he was falling away from their cult).
 
yessisan said:
This Easter Sunday nobody in my family did anything special. My parents and I went to Mass and went to drink some coffee after. I went home and DH had already gone and come back from his meeting at KH (to the one close to our new house 😃 ), and just invited me to a bbq w/the JWs. I didn’t want to go, especially because it was Easter, the most important Holy Day of the CC (or Christians for that matter), but he had gone to a bday party w/me the day before.

Hope all had a wonderful Easter!!
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Dear Yessisan,

I’m glad your Easter was pleasant and nonconfrontational. There is one thing you may wish to keep in mind, however. Now that your husband has been reinstated, his goal in life is to convert you to the JWs. Every time you do something that you see as being supportive of him or just reciprocity religiously, he probably sees it as a sign that he’s on the right path and you’re coming around to his way of thinking. JWs think differently than “normal” people. Their entire life focuses on converting others.

Be very, very careful to make sure that he knows that you’re attending JW bbq’s, etc., with him because you love him and wish to spend time with him but that you don’t agree with or accept their doctrine or their lifestyle. Other JWs who see you at JW functions with him will also assume that you’re becoming more and more “okay” with his choice and that you’re a potential convert. They will encourage him to try to involve you more and more in JW functions as a way of slowly drawing you in.

I know your intentions are good. You just have to be wary of the JW mindset.

In Christ,
 
SerenaHC said:
Dear Yessisan,

I’m glad your Easter was pleasant and nonconfrontational. There is one thing you may wish to keep in mind, however. Now that your husband has been reinstated, his goal in life is to convert you to the JWs. Every time you do something that you see as being supportive of him or just reciprocity religiously, he probably sees it as a sign that he’s on the right path and you’re coming around to his way of thinking. JWs think differently than “normal” people. Their entire life focuses on converting others.

Be very, very careful to make sure that he knows that you’re attending JW bbq’s, etc., with him because you love him and wish to spend time with him but that you don’t agree with or accept their doctrine or their lifestyle. Other JWs who see you at JW functions with him will also assume that you’re becoming more and more “okay” with his choice and that you’re a potential convert. They will encourage him to try to involve you more and more in JW functions as a way of slowly drawing you in.

I know your intentions are good. You just have to be wary of the JW mindset.

In Christ,
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Hi Serena, Thanks for your warnings. I have told DH that I only go just to be with him. I have made it VERY clear to him that I will never convert. The JWs already know how I feel. I told many I wasn’t happy he was reinstated, and their jaws dropped wide open :D, some asked a few days ago if I was strating to attend or if I was going with him, I simply said no. One asked why and I said because of my beliefs and because I am Catholic. They stopped asking after a little while… 😃

DH knows I am strong in my beliefs and faith and I have made it clear I don’t like it he’s a JW, but because he is and wants to be I respect it.

Thanks for your thoughts. It’s always nice to get a response from ex-JWs.
 
Hi. I’m not sure if I missed this, but was your dh a JW when you two married? Were you Catholic?

I’m so sorry you are going through this. I have prayed for you.
 
boppaid said:
Hi. I’m not sure if I missed this, but was your dh a JW when you two married? Were you Catholic?

I’m so sorry you are going through this. I have prayed for you.
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Yes, DH was a disfellowshipped (DF’d) JW and I have always been a Catholic. May I ask why? If you’re going to say “you knew what you were getting in to”, I know I did, but because he was DF’d, I didn’t think he’d be allowed to get back in there… I didn’t think it’d be this hard.
 
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