In Reply to: READ THIS! The Family WANTS YOU! posted by Willingy a "Wayward Bride" on September 18, 2003 at 17:04:04:
If I've been so "very weakened" since I departed from the fold, then Dear God make me even more weak. My life and my mind and everything is better now.
That thing about God's "Highest Will" that Berg and now Zerby make a cornerstone of Fam doctrine. I think I read something from George once who said nowhere does the Bible talk about God having a "Highest" will.
I needed to leave the Family to find what I now believe to be God's Will for me. Because of those "Highest Will" types of doctrines which Berg pushed from the very beginning, "...you're never so close to the brink, the dismal abyss of horrible nothingness, as when you're getting close to the top ...", as a Family member it's very difficult to realize that God has great big huge and various opportunities for everyone outside of the Family.
In the Family I had 24/7 insipid subtle fears that maybe somehow somewhere I was going to miss out on being one of God's endtime elite. It was that "Huddersfield" that was going to be my undoing. It's so nice to be out from under that works trip.