Thanks, I appreciate all the prayers and support. I feel the presence of 
Jesus, and His loving arms are around me.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "maria and her zoo" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2007 7:25 AM
Subject: Re: please pray


> HI.
>
> will definately be praying.  I have a brother who struggles with drugs, 
> and he's unsaved so I do know what you're going through.
>
> Maria
> Regards Maria and critters from Australia
>
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> Seek good, not evil, that you may live. Then the LORD God
> Almighty will be with you, just as you say he is.
> -- Amos 5:14
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Kim Etheridge" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2007 9:47 AM
> Subject: please pray
>
>
>>I can use some prayer action right now. My sister's getting off drugs, 
>>which takes time. She has to take liquid methadone in order to fight off 
>>the cravings. Recently, she made a major slip, but she's okay, now. Well, 
>>Shirley, the aunt whom I live with these days is constantly downing her, 
>>she's downing me, for being young at heart, and well, when those two 
>>argue, I just don't try to talk. I know I should defend Jenny when she's 
>>right, and Shirley or anyone else, when she's wrong, but I'm thinking of 
>>the Word when it says be slow to speak, and quick to listen. Shirley's so 
>>judgmental, critical, and pure hateful sometimes. I just feel I've 
>>outgrown her. It's like wearing shoes that are twenty or thirty sizes too 
>>small. Ok, I know, you'd have to have a big foot, if you actually had 
>>shoes that were that many sizes too small, but you get my point here. Do 
>>you see what I'm up against here? I've lived with her for eleven years, 
>>and while we get along most of the time, she's sometimes downright 
>>self-righteous, holier than thou, judgmental, conniving, vendictive, 
>>critical, condescending, condemnatory, accusational, and well, just 
>>ruthless sometimes. Please pray, like you've never prayed before. If 
>>anything, it only makes me long for Jesus to come, more than I was 
>>already. At least there'll be no criticism in Heaven, and Jesus is the 
>>only judge, thank God. I just don't know any more. It's a mess, not to 
>>mention a losing battle. There's just no pleasing her. I seriously believe 
>>she doesn't have any more compassion left in her for my sister. I know 
>>that's a cruel thing to say, but she had Jenny in tears, for goodness 
>>sake. I just don't know how to deal with this anymore. It's like I'm 
>>playing both sides against the middle. It's a litteral tug of war. When I 
>>want to go home with Jenny and spend time with her, Shirley always finds 
>>things against it. Ok, granted, Jenny doesn't have a license, and granted, 
>>if she sped, or if anything was wrong with the car, like a headlight, or a 
>>taillight, possibly, she'd be pulled over, and if they took her into 
>>custody, I'd need to call someone to pick me up. Shirley thinks they'd 
>>either throw me in jail with her, or I'd just be taken to a home, or 
>>somewhere, till she or someone else could pick me up. Now, why would they 
>>want to put an innocent and totally blind passenger in jail? I'm not the 
>>one who's being pulled over. It makes no sense that she'd think that, but 
>>then again, I don't know. She may be right, on this one, or well, I just 
>>don't know how to live with her anymore. She's really ticking me off!
>>
>