Hi kathy,
    This is good.  See, the Lord is going before you and will lead you
everystep of the way  Just keep hanging on to him.
            Hanging with you,
            Vinny
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kathy Du Bois" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 2004 1:54 PM
Subject: sanity report


> Hi Guys,
> Well, I thought that I would just write a quick note to give you an
> update on my sanity. Hahaha! Greg and I visited the Teen Challenge web
> site this morning. Teen Challenge is a ministry that was begun by David
> Wilkerson in the early 60s as an outreach to troubled gangsters on the
> streets of New York. You may remember the book, or the movie, The Cross
> and the Switch Blade, about Nicki Crews? Well, that's kind of the
> beginning.
> Anyway, they do not have a chapter in Bangor at present, but as Greg and
> I were doing a little shopping last Saturday, we came out of a store and
> a Guy from Teen challenge was there, handing out literature and taking a
> collection to try to get the ministry started up here in this area. We
> stopped and talked to him about several things and, anyway, having a
> memory of this ministry jogged in our memory, we decided to come home and
> check it out. Too bad it took three days to do so.
> Anyway, the site has some really good advice for parents about how not to
> enable, which I don't believe we have been, and how to try to stay on top
> of the situation with an out of control teen. It really has some good
> stuff.
> Anyway, I wanted to share with you a little peace off the site that
> really helped to encourage me this morning. They actually focused on
> Galatians 6:7-8, which reads,
> "Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows. The
> one who sows to please his sinful nature, from that nature will reap
> destruction; the one who sows to please the spirit, from the spirit will
> reap eternal life." It basicly reminded me that God will not be mocked.
> Chris may deceive himself, but he can't fool God and eventually, things
> will work out by God's guideance.
> I, however, was reminded, perhaps by God, of the next verse. Galatians
> 6:9 "Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we
> will reap a harvest if we do not give up. Basicly, it was another kind of
> moment like the ones that you guys give me from time to time about
> bucking up and keeping on. It was good to be reminded of these holy
> things.
> God bless,
> Thanks again for the prayers.
> Kathy
>
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