Phil, wow, how the Lord is working for Gretchen.

earlier, Phil Scovell, wrote:
>Vinny wrote off line and asked so here is my reply to him.  I thought the
>whole list would like to read the latest about Gretchen.
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>
> > Vinny,
> >
> > By way of follow up, Gretchen is doing amazingly well.  She is praying
>like
> > nobody I know, she worships the Lord all the time, she is really showing
> > humility, she talks about the Bible all the time, and she is getting on
> > fabulously at the church home she is living in.  She has a good 8 and a
>half
> > months to go in the program but they are letting her come home all day
> > Saturday now and soon they will allow entire weekend visits.  She told me
> > she thinks maybe some day she will be in this type of ministry working
>with
> > addicts.  She prays so much, the home leaders come and awaken her during
>the
> > night to come and sit and pray with the new girls just admitted to the
>home
> > having drug withdrall problems and homesickness troubles.  There isn't a
> > weekend she doesn't come home that she doesn't read a new Bible verse to
>me
> > that the Lord has given her.  It is nothing short of a miracle and we
>praise
> > the Lord for it.  How well I remember last November when I was in the
> > hospital with pneumonia and the worst flue Colorado has seen in decades.
> > when the Lord spoke to me one night during a time of deep depression, He
> > clearly told me I was in the hospital for one reason only and that was
> > because He was asking me to give Him Gretchen unconditionally.  I finally
> > did but it was very difficult to do.  The depression immediately lifted
>when
> > I submitted her fully to the Lord.  It has been worth it all.  Her divorce
> > should be final mid June but it keeps getting pushed back by the courts so
>I
> > keep doing spiritual warfare every day that God will keep their marriage
> > together.  Furthermore, another note of praise is the diversionary
>probation
> > program she is on through the county.  Her case officer is a woman and
>this
> > lady, Gretchen recently learned, is a born again Christian.  More than
>that,
> > the diversionary board has granted her a two year extension to get the
>4200
> > dollars paid back to the county for the program she was supposed to be on.
> > Nothing but the grace of God once again.  When she gets clear in about 9
> > months, her police record will be erased from the police computers and she
> > will have no felony record at all.  Praise God.
> >
> > Phil.
> >
> >

John

   Very funny Scotty ... now beam down my clothes !