Angel, I'm sorry your son has been so deceitful. It's hard not to blame yourself as a parent, but it's not your fault. Remember your son is sixteen and has chosen to behave this way himself. I pray God turns him around. JulieMelton visit me at www.heart-and-music.com or subscribe to my podcast at http://feed.feedburner.com/hmradio Keep smiling! >From: Angel <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: The Electronic Church <[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: I request your prayers >Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2006 03:45:19 -0500 > >I would like to ask your prayers. My son is 16 years old. He no longer >wants to go to mass, and he hangs around with the wrong crowd. I had to >appear with him Monday before a court officer because he was caught >smoking, he is under age, and with a counterfeit controlled substance. He >had to produce his report card from school. I didn't receive his last >report card due to a mix up. I asked the secretary for another. She sent >it home. It was the best report card he ever had. I promised him money if >he brought his grades up, formerly they were pretty bad. I was so proud. >We presented it to the court officer and he was amazed as he didn't see >good cards often. I was going to tell the officer how bad he had been, >but, with that good card I thought perhaps he was turning himself around >and there was no real need to do this. The same day his teacher phoned and >said he was performing badly and he was in danger of failing. I couldn't >understand this given his good report card. I even thought he might have >counterfeited it. I couldn't figure how this could be done as he didn't >know the address of the school or the proper spelling of the teacher or the >principal's names. I went to school today to determine why they both were >saying he wasn't doing well. The upshot was: He used my scanner to copy >and change his grades. I was so disappointed, and felt so foolish. Here I >was trying to defend a boy who was so obviously a fraud. He lies so much I >can't really trust anything he says, but as St. Paul says "love believes >all things" I guess. It is just that I know his potential and I know if he >really tried he could do as well as his phony grades indicated. Just last >week he stopped seeing a few of his bad friends and I thought he was >turning himself around but, he still insists his report card was the one >given him by the school, and the confusion was the fault of the schools. I >keep thinking I must have failed somewhere. People keep telling me I >haven't and his bad behavior isn't somehow my fault, but, I still think if >I somehow did something differently he would improve. If you ask him he >will blame me for all he does. He uses me as an excuse. I even do that. >I really need prayers.