The Circuit Overseer's Visit

It is the Circuit Overseer's visit this week.  We had our first talk from him on Tuesday night, and I plan to get to the Field Service group at the Kingdom Hall this morning - and hopefully tomorrow and Saturday too.

The C.O. will give us lots of encouragement.

His first talk was "Do you put your heart into the work?"     We were reminded of the example of Nehemiah, and of all our faithful brothers and sisters

I was reading about the Extinction Rebellion protest which seems to be bringing central London to a standstill for a couple of weeks.  Apparently one of the rebels was lying on the pavement crying hysterically - he is so afraid of what is happening on and to the earth.   People need to hear the truth, so urgently.  We had some good talks this morning and left some information with people, including invitations to come to the Kingdom Hall and learn more.

This preaching work is going on worlwide, just as Jesus prophesied it would when he said:
"And this good news of the kingdom will be preached in all the inhabited earth for a witness to all the nations; and then the end will come." - Matthew 24:14

People need to know that soon Jehovah will "bring to ruin those ruining the earth".

They also need to realise that all rebellion comes from Satan. He persuaded our first parents to rebel against their Creator, thus setting in train the disaster we are living in.  And he promotes and encourages a rebellious spirit in the world to this day.   Perhaps as never before. We have even had, famously, a movie called "Rebel without a Cause", very influential in its day. 

So while I understand the Extinction Rebels concern, I know that this protest is not going to help.  It may in fact make things worse.   

On a lighter note, we, the Captain and his missus, have been watching the Athletics in Doha - on the telly, we were not in the Middle East.  And we saw one or two false starts, which is heartbreaking for the young athletes concerned as these days they are straight out of the race they have been training for for so long.

But since then I have been amusing myself by imaging a false start in the Marathon.

Has that ever happened?  Could it ever happen?   I'm sure Jean and I could manage it, given our track record.  Track record - ha!   We would also need a head start, of, say a week or two.

Our hour and a half in the field service on Tuesday morning was a bit of a marathon for us these days.