Juliet Smith:  

Life Hello, I am happily married and we have altogether 6 children, and now have 2 beautiful granddaughters. We are Jehovah's Witnesses and are active in helping our neighbors to find out what their Bible teaches on topics like: Will the meek ever inherit the earth?(Psalms 37:11) For how long?(Psalms 37:29), Who is Jehovah?(Psalms 83:18, Exodus 3:15), What is the difference between LORD and Lord at Psalms 110:1 ? I didn't grow up in this faith, but had questions that most people think about but never knew the Bible had the answer to. Like: Where did we come from? Why are we here? Where are we headed? I wondered why there was so much violence, crime, poverty, suffering of all sorts. (1Timothy 3:1-5) Will it ever end? What is the condition of the dead? Will we ever see our dead loved ones again, and where? (Ecclesiastes 5:9,10; John 5:28,29) Where would Adam & Eve be if they had not eaten the forbidden fruit?(Genesis 2:17) We all would like to live forever in paradise, wouldn't we? No one with a measure of health goes to the calendar and chooses the day he wants to die. We were designed to want to live forever because that was God's original purpose. Jesus' ransom sacrifice made it possible for us to have what Adam lost, a relationship with his Father and receive the free gift of everlasting life. However many say this eternal life is in heaven only. But what did Jesus say the meek would inherit?(Matthew 5:5) Now meet me at 2Peter 3:13 where will righteousness dwell? Yes, both in heaven and on earth. This is in harmony with the Lord's prayer Jesus taught his followers to pray: "Thy kingdom come thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven."(Matthew 6:9,10) When will God intervene in mankind's affairs?(Daniel 2:44) Will you live to see it? Again I ask, would you like to live forever, without suffering, road rage, poverty, injustice of all kinds? How about seeing the end of death? A resurrection of our dear loved ones back to our home, earth? The Bible you have in your home holds out these promises to you. (Revelation 21:3,4; Isaiah 33:24) Every one of Jehovah's Witneses are volunteers. We visit with our neighbors out of love for our Creator(Psalms 96), for our fellowman, and a desire to obey Jesus' command at Matthew 28:19,20 "Go therefore and make disciples of people out of all the nations...teaching them to observe all the things I have commanded you...". So maybe the next time one of Jehovah's ...Expand for more