Hi Kim,
I am praying with you and for your family.  Remember Jesus walks every step 
with us and He knows our needs even before we ask Him.  Keep praying and 
keep the faith.

Huggs and blessings,

Virgie and Lady Hoshi
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kim Etheridge" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, November 19, 2007 5:47 PM
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!