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
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----- 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!
>