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"The one keeping his lips in check is acting discreetly." (Prov. 10:19) ~ ???
Good communication does not mean saying everything you are thinking and feeling at any given moment, especially if you are upset. The Scriptures show that uncontrolled expression of anger is a mark of weakness, not of strength. (Prov. 25:28; 29:11) 
Moses—“ by far the meekest” of all men then alive—once let the rebelliousness of the nation of Israel cause him to lose his temper and fail to give glory to God. Moses very clearly communicated how he felt, but Jehovah was not pleased. After 40 years of leading the Israelites, Moses did not have the privilege of taking them into the Promised Land. (Num. 12:3; 20:10, 12; Ps. 106:32) 
The Scriptures commend the exercising of restraint and discretion when we speak. (Prov. 17:27) Yet, discretion does not mean never expressing oneself. It means speaking “with graciousness,” using the tongue to heal rather than to hurt." (Prov. 12:18; 18:21; Col. 4:6) - Bible Speaks - jw.org

Does Anxiety Indicate a Lack of Faith?
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Jesus’ said in the Sermon the Mount, in which he said: “Stop being anxious.” (Matthew 6:25)
God Understands Our Imperfections
The Bible does not teach that lack of faith is the cause of all anxiety. 
Living as we do during “critical times hard to deal with,” it is virtually impossible not to experience anxiety to some degree. (2 Timothy 3:1) 
Faithful Christians cope with daily anxieties that are triggered by poor health, old age, economic pressures, family strife, crime, and other problems. Even in ancient times, GodÂ’s servants faced fears and worries.
Persistent anxiety, however, can wear us down and lead to loss of trust in God. The apostle Paul referred to lack of faith as “the sin that easily entangles us.” (Hebrews 12:1)
God Knows Our Needs
The Scriptures help us to make a distinction between general anxiety and the sin of lack of faith. 
Daily feelings of anxiety or even a momentary lapse of faith because of human weakness should not be confused with the complete lack of trust in God that springs from a wicked, unresponsive heart. 
Christians, therefore, need not be plagued by guilt just because they periodically experience anxiety.
Nevertheless, caution is necessary so that anxiety does not grow out of proportion and dominate our lives. Hence, the wisdom of Jesus’ words when he said: “Never be anxious and say, ‘What are we to eat?’ or, ‘What are we to drink?’ or, ‘What are we to put on?’” This he followed with the comforting words: “For your heavenly Father knows you need all these things. 
Keep on, then, seeking first the kingdom and his righteousness, and all these other things will be added to you.”—(Matthew 6:25-33)
How to help others with a disorder:
https://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/102012090?q=anxiety&p=par 

We’re tired right out after we ironed 1180 dress shirts ?  in just one day of work in the Central America Bethel Laundry but weÂ’re very happy. Haha! 
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Can your Faith move Mountains? ~
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“If I have all the faith so as to transplant mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. (1 Cor.13:2)
How to Invest Your Time Wisely
Strategy 1: Be Organized
Prioritize. “Make sure of the more important things,” the Bible advises. (Philippians 1:10) Prepare a to-do list of things that are important or urgent or both, keeping in mind that what is important—buying food for dinner, for example—may not necessarily be urgent. And what may seem urgent—catching the start of your favorite TV program—may not be important.*
Think ahead. “If an iron tool is dull and one does not sharpen its edge, he will need to exert much effort,” says Ecclesiastes 10:10, adding: “But wisdom helps to achieve success.” The lesson? Sharpen your ax, as it were, by planning ahead so that you can make the most effective use of your time. Set aside or eliminate nonessential tasks, which do little more than consume time and energy. If you find that you have time on your hands because you have caught up on your work, why not move on to a job that is scheduled for later? By thinking ahead, you increase your productivity, like a wise workman who sharpens his ax.
Simplify your life. Learn to say no to things that are unimportant or that do little more than consume time. Too many activities and appointments can add needless stress and can rob you of joy.
Strategy 2: Avoid Time Stealers
Procrastination and indecision. “The one who watches the wind will not sow seed, and the one who looks at the clouds will not reap.” (Ecclesiastes 11:4) The lesson? Procrastination is a thief of both time and productivity. A farmer who waits until conditions are perfect may never sow seed or reap his harvest. Similarly, we could allow life’s uncertainties to make us indecisive. Or we may feel that we have to wait until we have every scrap of relevant information before making a decision. To be sure, important decisions warrant research and deliberation. “The shrewd one ponders each step,” says Proverbs 14:15. But the reality is that many decisions involve some uncertainties.—Ecclesiastes 11:6.
Perfectionism. “The wisdom from above [or from God] is . . . reasonable,” says James 3:17. Of course, high standards are commendable! Sometimes, though, we might set standards so high that we invite disappointment and even failure. A person learning another language, for example, must be prepared to make mistakes, aware that he will learn from these. A perfectionist, however, would likely shudder at the thought of saying something incorrectly—an attitude that would impede his progress. How much better to be modest in our expectations! “Wisdom is with the modest ones,” says Proverbs 11:2. Moreover, the modest and humble do not take themselves too seriously and can usually laugh at themselves.
Strategy 3: Be Balanced and Realistic
Balance work and recreation. “Better is a handful of rest than two handfuls of hard work and chasing after the wind.” (Ecclesiastes 4:6) Workaholics often deprive themselves of the fruitage of their “two handfuls of hard work.” They simply have no time or energy left. The lazy, on the other hand, opt for “two handfuls” of rest and squander precious time. The Bible encourages a balanced view: Work hard and enjoy the rewards. Such rejoicing is “the gift of God.”—Ecclesiastes 5:19.
Do not scrimp on sleep. “I will lie down and sleep in peace,” said a Bible writer. (Psalm 4:8) Most adults need about eight hours of sleep a night to gain the full physical, emotional, and cognitive benefits. Concerning the latter, sleep is a sound investment of time because it aids in concentration and consolidates memories, thus fostering learning. Sleep deprivation, however, impedes learning and contributes to accidents, errors, and irritability.
Set realistic goals. “Better to enjoy what the eyes see than to wander after one’s desires.” (Ecclesiastes 6:9) The point? A wise person does not let mere desires take the reins of his life, especially desires that may be unrealistic or impossible to satisfy. Hence, he is not seduced by clever advertising or easy credit. Instead, he learns to be content with what he can actually attain—“what [his] eyes see.”
Strategy 4: Be Guided by Good Values
Consider your values. Your values enable you to gauge what is good, important, and worthwhile. If your life were an arrow, your values would aim that arrow. Good values, therefore, help you to set sound priorities in life and to make the very best use of your time hour by hour and day by day. Where can you find such values? Many people look to the Bible, recognizing its superior wisdom.—Proverbs 2:6, 7.
Make love your foremost value. Love “is a perfect bond of union,” says Colossians 3:14. We cannot be truly happy and emotionally secure without love, especially within the family. People who disregard that fact, perhaps giving priority to the pursuit of riches or a career, actually invest in unhappiness. Yes, for good reason the Bible makes love the preeminent value, mentioning it hundreds of times.—1 Corinthians 13:1-3; 1 John 4:8.
WHAT IS IMPORTANT TO YOU?
FAMILY
WORK
EDUCATION
FRIENDS
COMMUNITY
SPIRITUALITY
LEISURE
HEALTH
https://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/102014044?q=1+cor+13%3A2&p=par#h=12
   

You Are Blessed! - Show YOU are Grateful! "You are the blessed of Jehovah." (Genesis 26:29) ~ ?????
Jehovah Blessing Humans. “The blessing of Jehovah—that is what makes rich, and he adds no pain with it.” (Pr 10:22) Jehovah blesses those whom he approves by protecting, prospering, guiding, giving success, and supplying their needs, with a beneficial outcome for them. 
Occasions for Expressing Blessing. In prayer, one praises and thanks God, blessing him, and, in turn, speaks on behalf of those united in faith and those seeking God, blessing them. Saying or asking a blessing upon food before a meal is usually done in prayer. In such prayer thanks and praise are given to Jehovah for his spiritual and material provisions, asking that Jehovah will direct the nourishment to be used for the benefit of those partaking and that the food will strengthen them to serve him. 
Yes, YOU are Blessed! Be Grateful Today for YOU are the Blessing! Show that to God Jehovah How Grateful YOU are and Show that to Others! ~ Bible Speaks 
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"Send out your light and your truth. May these themselves lead me. May they bring me to your holy mountain."-Psalms 43:3. -
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Thank you for the footage of the 360 Furman St. complex back when it was a Squibb bldg. 
We got it for a steal after they pumped a lot of money into it.
@JW Insider I'm sure remembers that bldg. very well as well.

We’re tired right out after we ironed 1180 dress shirts ?  in just one day of work in the Central America Bethel Laundry but weÂ’re very happy. Haha! 
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I became an unbaptized Publisher then, April1969. I remember the Awake, titled, "Is it later than you think?", with the train driving to a cliff.
 
 

I was on the construction crew that came down from Wallkill to begin work on the former squib property. I remember it very well. It was a privilege to be part of this theocratic history. Dave Douglas

History of Watchtower 1969 - Super Video! - Know your History! 
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It is beautiful but we had about 3” starting late yesterday afternoon, resulting in the cancellation of our weekend meeting. Too many hills and inexperienced drivers. Where I live, we know how to drive in rain but not snow. 

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It hasn’t stopped snowing yet! Very dangerous roads. Yesterday KH was very slippery and not sanded. Last year not much ice. This year...time for a trip to paradise!  ?????
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Catch those Snowflakes before they are gone! - Sweet Picture! - Thank you Jehovah for these Seals!  - ??? 
Who doesn’t like catching snowflakes on their tongue? Oh the sweetness of life! A happy and healthy Weddell Seal near Orne Harbour and Spigot Peak on the Antarctic Peninsula. 
My daughter @lilliana_libecki and I are embracing the power and beauty from/in Antarctica and will be sharing some joy along the way here 
 photo @mikelibecki

Children Love ?? Jehovah! 
Andy UPDATE: Today I was able to take my nephew to the mtg. He has not attended a meeting in over a year.
During the Watchtower (with no prompting from me), he raised his hands three times and was able to comment once. He was well behaved throughout.
However, this is what impressed me most: an older sister approaches us and he says “good morning ma’am”, after that conversation, he asks me “Titi, can I go talk to other people?” I said “sure” and fully expected him to go find some little boys to play with.
When I look over to see where he went, I noticed that he made a bee line to the speaker who gave the public talk, stretches out his hand and says “Hello, that was a good speech”, and proceeds to introduce himself.
My jaw dropped. In his conversation with the brother he mentioned that “Jehovah saved me and my family from the hurricane.”
That was news to me! You would never know from his behavior today that he hasnÂ’t been to the hall or studied formally recently.
I rewarded him with little boy coffee aka hot chocolate, which according to him, “hit the spot.” Little does Andy know that I came to encourage him, but I’m the one that’s having my faith built up. Please tag someone who could use a little good news 
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Who Created this? - Can Any man make this? - No! Of course not! - Only Jehovah God! - ?????
“To whom can you liken me to make me his equal?” says the Holy One.
26 “Lift up your eyes to heaven and see.
Who has created these things?
It is the One who brings out their army by number; He calls them all by name.
Because of his vast dynamic energy and his awe-inspiring power,
Not one of them is missing.—Isaiah 40:25, 26.   
Glowing wisps of outpouring gas, lit up by a central star nearing the end of its life, looks like a colorful holiday ornament in space.
This image, captured by our Hubble Space Telescope (@NASAHubble), shows the vivid blue and red hues of a planetary nebula that is located about 11,000 light-years from Earth. 
When a star ages and the red giant phase of its life comes to an end, it starts to eject layers of gas from its surface leaving behind a hot and compact white dwarf. Sometimes this ejection results in elegantly symmetric patterns of glowing gas, but this planetary nebula is much less structured. 
Planetary nebulae are one of the main ways in which elements heavier than hydrogen and helium are dispersed into space after their creation in the hearts of stars. Eventually some of this out-flung material may form new stars and planets. 
In this iamge, the vivid blue and red hues come from material including ionized oxygen and hydrogen glowing under the action of the fierce ultraviolet radiation from the still hot central star. 
Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA 

Jehovah God Will Save the Earth ? and the Penguins ? His Promise!
Purpose. Like all other created things, the earth was brought into existence because of Jehovah’s will (“pleasure,” KJ). (Re 4:11) It was created to remain forever. (Ps 78:69; 104:5; 119:90; Ec 1:4)
God speaks of himself as a God of purpose and declares that his purposes are certain to come to fruition. (Isa 46:10; 55:11)
He made his purpose for the earth very clear when he said to the first human pair: “Be fruitful and become many and fill the earth and subdue it, and have in subjection the fish of the sea and the flying creatures of the heavens and every living creature that is moving upon the earth.” (Ge 1:28)
There were no flaws in earth or the things on it. Having created all necessary things, Jehovah saw that they were “very good” and “proceeded to rest” or desist from other earthly creative works.—Ge 1:31–2:2.
ManÂ’s habitation on earth is also permanent. When God gave man the law regarding the tree of the knowledge of good and bad, he implied that man could live on earth forever. (Ge 2:17)
We are assured by Jehovah’s own words that “all the days the earth continues, seed sowing and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night, will never cease” (Ge 8:22) and that he will never destroy all flesh again by a flood. (Ge 9:12-16)
Jehovah says that he did not make the earth for nothing but, rather, that he has given it to men as a home and that death will eventually be done away with. God’s purpose, therefore, is for the earth to be the habitation of man in perfection and happiness with eternal life.—Ps 37:11; 115:16; Isa 45:18; Re 21:3, 4.
That this is the purpose of Jehovah God. 

Photo by @BrianSkerry. ??
Polar Love: A mother gentoo penguin and her chick admire one another within their nesting site in Antarctica. The third largest of all penguin species, gentoo penguin parents are especially nurturing. Both parents help to build their circular nests of stones, moss and grass from the surrounding area. 
Hatchlings will stay in the nest for up to a month, while the parents alternate foraging duties and caring for the chick.
According to the International Union for the Conservation of Nature, Gentoo Penguins are ‘near threatened,’ with numbers declining as a result of natural predation and ice melt caused by global warming. Spending time with these animals was hypnotic, I didn’t want to leave!

DO YOU APPRECIATE THE BEAUTIFUL SNOW? ~ ????????
Jehovah, is the Producer of snow, and He can also control it. (Job 37:6; Ps 147:16) To serve His purpose, God has stored snow and hail “for the day of fight and war.”—Job 38:22, 23.
6 For he says to the snow, ‘Fall to the earth,’ And to the downpour of rain, ‘Pour down mightily.’”— (Job 38:6). 
16 He sends the snow like wool; He scatters the frost just like ashes.” —(Ps. 147:16).
 

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Start sharing the Money ? Assets! ~ ??
The Russian government delivers the St. Petersburg Assembly Hall to a medical company for 5 billion rubles.
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Assembly hall so to medical company in Russia,https://vademec.ru/news/2017/12/25/tsentru-im-almazova-mozhet-dostatsya-zdanie-svideteley-iegovy/

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“Every breathing thing—let it praise Jah.”—Psalm 150:6. - They found the “joy of Jehovah!” - Bible Speaks
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