Kathy,

I know this is a hard road.  God promised never to leave you or forsake you. 
He'll be true to his word.  Praying.  And what he starts he finishes. 
That's a good thing.  We're here to listen and pray.



Vicki
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kathy Du Bois" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2006 5:40 PM
Subject: Re: The latest on Chris


> Phil,
> I remember you saying something about this vision a while back.  I am just 
> amazed at how the Lord is teaching me to just step behind Him and let him 
> make the path ahead of me.  This stupid situation with the car, Matt's 
> chenanigans out in MIchigan and this with Chris, plus, we are beginning to 
> get pressure from the church to become part time  and they would like to 
> see Greg work at the post office full time, it's just a lot right now, but 
> my worrying just won't help anybody, especially me.  Sometimes, I just 
> can't wait for heaven.
> Kathy
>
> At 07:23 PM 8/1/2006, you wrote:
>>Kathy,
>>
>>Sandy and I know those feelings a thousand times over.  I crashed and 
>>burned
>>four years ago and largely because I felt like I had failed with Gretchen.
>>When the Lord taught me better, I ended up doing what I am doing now
>>instead.  There is a change coming, Kathy, in your life and in Gregs but 
>>it
>>will be for the better, in the long term.  In the short term, it is hell,
>>and the Enemy is going to try and destroy you and your family and your
>>marriage and your church in the process.  It still won't have anything to 
>>do
>>with you or Greg.  It has everything to do with the Enemy trying to kill,
>>steal, and to destroy.  I shouldn't tell you this but I felt it in the
>>Spirit a long time ago.  When this thing with Chris, him moving out and 
>>all,
>>began, I was up early one morning, sitting on our deck swing, and praying.
>>The sun was just coming up and it was mountain chill at that time of year.
>>I was praying for you and Greg and your family.  The Lord gave me a little
>>glimps of what you and Greg, and the church there, could be doing in the
>>future.  It wasn't just a pleasant thought but it was something I 
>>literally
>>felt inside and in my spirit.  I'm learning to listen to those types of
>>feelings.  The Lord is bringing you and Greg into that same place of
>>spiritual intimacy where you'll feel and hear the Lord's voice clearer 
>>than
>>anything you ever dreamed was possible.
>>
>>Phil.