Angel,

You haven't failed.  Remember it's not against flesh and blood that we 
fight, it's against the rulers of the darkness of this world, that being the 
devil.  I know I didn't quite quote it right, but the sum and substance of 
it is that those things that are happening with your sixteen year old are 
happening the world around.  My friend Jenny also has expressed to me the 
horrors she's dealing with with her sixteen year old son as well.  You just 
have to continue to speak blessings over him and the crowd of folks he's 
hanging with and God will bless those efforts.  I know it's hard.  I am not 
a parent, but I do have nieces and nephews, and I know what things of the 
world can do to create bad influences to them.  Just let go and let God, and 
whenever you feel like you can't take it any longer, remember when the enemy 
comes in like a flood, God will raise up a standard before Him.   And 
remember to go to Ephesians 6--10 about the whole armor of God.  You can 
stand against the wiles of the devil, and when you have done all to stand, 
stand.  Remember, God knows what has happened and what will.  Just keep him 
before God, and at night while he's sleeping, speak blessings over him.  I 
love you Angel.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "VIRGIE UNDERWOOD" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2006 7:04 PM
Subject: Re: I request your prayers


> Hi Angel,
> My prayers are with you and your son!  The Lord has a plan, just trust in 
> him and I know He will reveal a solution to you.  It is not easy to wait 
> sometimes but faith and prayer will get you both through!  I am a parent 
> and I know it is painful.
> Huggs,
> Virgie and Hoshi
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Angel" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2006 3:45 AM
> Subject: I request your prayers
>
>
> I would like to ask your prayers.  My son is 16 years old.  He no longer 
> wants to go to mass, and he hangs around with the wrong crowd.  I had to 
> appear with him Monday before a court officer because he was caught 
> smoking, he is under age, and with a counterfeit controlled substance.  He 
> had to produce his report card from school.  I didn't receive his last 
> report card due to a mix up.  I asked the secretary for another.  She sent 
> it home.  It was the best report card he ever had.  I promised him money 
> if he brought his grades up, formerly they were pretty bad.  I was so 
> proud.  We presented it to the court officer and he was amazed as he 
> didn't see good cards often. I was going to tell the officer how bad he 
> had been, but, with that good card I thought perhaps he was turning 
> himself around and there was no real need to do this.  The same day his 
> teacher phoned and said he was performing badly and he was in danger of 
> failing.  I couldn't understand this given his good report card.  I even 
> thought he might have counterfeited it.  I couldn't figure how this could 
> be done as he didn't know the address of the school or the proper spelling 
> of the teacher or the principal's names.  I went to school today to 
> determine why they both were saying he wasn't doing well.  The upshot was: 
> He used my scanner to copy and change his grades.  I was so disappointed, 
> and felt so foolish.  Here I was trying to defend a boy who was so 
> obviously a fraud.  He lies so much I can't really trust anything he says, 
> but as St. Paul says "love believes all things" I guess.  It is just that 
> I know his potential and I know if he really tried he could do as well as 
> his phony grades indicated.  Just last week he stopped seeing a few of his 
> bad friends and I thought he was turning himself around but, he still 
> insists his report card was the one given him by the school, and the 
> confusion was the fault of the schools.  I keep thinking I must have 
> failed somewhere.  People keep telling me I haven't and his bad behavior 
> isn't somehow my fault, but, I still think if I somehow did something 
> differently he would improve.  If you ask him he will blame me for all he 
> does.  He uses me as an excuse.  I even do that.  I really need prayers.
>
>
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