A Shout out for Butterfly Conservation

Today we have our One day Assembly - in our homes, on our computers - or by phone for those of us who are not on the net.  And we will join each other in our congregations for a shortened Watchtower Study.

I am looking forward to it.   Very much.   The theme is: Love Builds Up.  The key scripture is
1 Corinthians 8:1:    "... We know we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up."

We are going to be unlocked and unmuted from our pods at lunchtime too, so we can talk to each other. But I will be getting lunch for the Captain and me, and trying to do some walking round and lying down to rest my poor arthritic joints for an afternoon of sitting in front of the computer.

I hope to post some highlights in my next blog.

Chris and Megan, his stepdaughter (not the princess!). gave a shoutout for the Butterfly Conservation Organisation on The Self-Isolating Bird Club (facebook) this week.  There was a little clip in which we talked about our work, and Chris praised us as an effective organisation.

Which we are.  And there are so many sincere, hardworking, often unpaid, people working away to help and preserve the earthly creation in all sorts of conservation organisations.   Even my Zimmery-self can be useful and tackle some of the boring paperwork that is required (in my role as Membership Secretary).

But...  it is trying to swim against the tide, a tide of destruction. The whole world system is set up to plunder and destroy to such an extent that we are burning down our rain forests, our lungs.  It is only the Kingdom of God, the heavenly government, that can and will restore the perfect balance of the creation, restore the link so fatally broken in Eden, and restore faithful mankind to the life and perfection our first parents so tragically lost.

And we are so close to the end of the current wicked system of things on the earth now. Which leads me on to the questions I posed in my last blog.

When we see these conditions increasing worldwide, what should we do?  And how can people seek for Jehovah if they do not know him?

We should learn about God from his Word, the Bible. It is like a letter to us from a loving father. It tells us how to enjoy a better way of life now and how to enjoy everlasting life on earth in the future. True, some may not like it that you are receiving help to understand the Bible. But the opportunity of a better future is too good to miss

Proverbs 29:25 warns that "Trembling at men is a snare, But the one trusting in Jehovah will be protected."

And Revelation 14:6, 7 tells of the great Kingdom preaching work that is being done before the end of the current wicked system of things on the earth:  " And I saw another angel flying in midheaven, and he had everlasting good news to declare to those who dwell on the earth, to every nation and tribe and tongue and people. He was saying in a loud voice: “Fear God and give him glory, because the hour of judgment by him has arrived, so worship the One who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and the springs of water.”

And how can people seek for Jehovah, and find protection, if they do not know him. Which brings me to the question:  Who is God?"