Kathy, I'm praying for a wonderful Christmas for you and your family. I
pray that Chris really repents for his sins, and that he will truly be
sorry for what he's done in the past to you.
I don't blame you for being skeptical. I certainly would be.
The Lord will shine upon your house every day and He will truly bless you all.
Have a wonderful and blessed Christmas.
Love and Blessings,
Pat Ferguson always saying Merry Christmas no matter what
At 06:32 AM 12/17/2005, you wrote:
> Hi guys,
>
> Well, we've heard from Chris again. He called yesterday evening
>from his girl friends house. We discussed plans for Christmas. He
>said that he would like to come home for the night, Christmas
>eve. He also said that he is willing to come to church with us for
>our traditional Christmas eve service and he may also be interested,
>or willing to attend church with us Christmas day. He also
>apologized, again for the way that he used to treat us.
> I know that all of this sounds good, but I'm not getting my hopes
>up. Chris can be a really smooth talker and very manipulative. He
>may be sincere, he also may be trying to sweet talk us into
>something, or he may be in real trouble and is trying to smooth the
>way before we find out. He was suspended from school, for a day, on
>Thursday, for swearing at a teacher and throwing around his
>things. I think that it is starting to get rougher out there for
>him. He doesn't have us to take his stress out on any more. To my
>knowledge, his wallet has still not been returned and that has to
>continue to bother him as well.
> This must sound like such a sick and twisted message. I guess that
>most people would think that I'd be thrilled to have all my children
>home for Christmas, and maybe all in church. However, HallMark isn't
>writing the script for my Christmas gathering. "Anything could
>happen and that's why I"m letting you guys know. I need prayer that
>my Christmas will be okay. I mean, I think things like, if Chris
>doesn't go to church with us next Sunday morning, do we let him stay
>home alone with the presents? What a mess! I want to rejoice, but
>it will take a lot of prayer and leaning on the Lord for this one.
> Pray that I will hold on to the belief and hope that this will be
>another opportunity to show Chris God's love, as I did before he left
>by washing his clothes and keeping his room neat and clean. Please
>pray that the Lord will protect the day, in our house, that the
>prince of peace will truly reign here and that steps will be forged
>toward reconciliation between us and Chris, and Chris and his
>savior. Wouldn't the repentant heart of a wayward son be a wonderful
>Christmas present?
>Kathy
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