Hi Kathy,
The Lord obviously has his hand on Chris. He just needs a bit more fear of
the Lord, and I mean fear, not awesome reverence, or however the Niv
translated it.
Vinny
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kathy Du Bois" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, June 20, 2005 11:07 AM
Subject: Wheww! Chris had a close one!
> Hi Guys,
> Chris had a close scare Saturday night and I just have to share it
because
> it shows the awesome creativity of our heavenly Father. You know, some of
> this just has to be from the Lord, because I would never even think of
> these things. It just goes to show what a boaring parent I must be when
it
> comes to discipline.
> Chris was really pretty decent this weekend. I mean, he behaved
fairly
> well and we got along okay. He even offered to make the pizza on Saturday
> evening, something that he hasn't done for at least two years, because he
> knew that we were upset about some stuff going on with our oldest son
> Matthew and we had to do some parenting in that direction; if you can
> parent long distance. Anyway, after dinner, Chris wanted to go to Nicki's
> house. Where else? Greg took him there in the van so that they could
take
> the bike along and then Chris was willing to come home on the bike. Chris
> has been pretty good about respecting our curfew so we decided to give him
> an extra hour on Saturday evening and say that he could come home at
> midnight instead of 11:00 pm. Well, at 1:00 am. Chris showed up in our
> bedroom and said, "Mom, Dad, there's a cop here. He wants to talk to
> you." Oh, what a way to wake up!!
> Well, out went Greg in his pajamas, and, guess what, it was the
same
> officer that arrested Chris a month ago. This time, however, Chris
dropped
> the attitude. Good boy and he acted very subdued.
> The officer had seen Chris riding on the road and turn into our
driveway
> so he decided to check it out. He parked his crewser right behind where
> Chris parked the bike and told Chris that he wanted to talk to us. Into
> our living room he came, at 1:00 am. Wow! The cop wanted to see if
> Chris was violating a curfew and he also asked a bunch of questions about
> how Chris is doing on his conditional release. Whew! Chris is lucky that
> he has been behaving himself! Even though he was late, Greg let it slide
> and said that things were okay. The officer also pointed out that Chris
> should have lights on his bike for night riding. We got some lights for
> him yesterday. We do feel that that is our responsibility since, if Chris
> were ticketed for improper lighting on his bicycle, we'd have to pay the
> fine anyway.
> After the officer left, Chris was just shocked. He said, "what
are the
> chances that it would be the same police officer?" Greg was able to point
> out that, obviously, the chances are pretty good. Chris can now reflect
on
> the fact that he is known and being watched by the legal profession. It's
> not just us any more.
> Chris explained that, without lights, he accidently took a wrong
turn on
> the way home and that's why he was late. He took Greg back to the spot
> yesterday afteernoon and showed Greg what he did to make a mistake. Greg
> said that it is believable so, we're willing to let it go unless we learn
> otherwise.
> Now, today, Chris is working for a neighbor, which means that
he'll
> probably have some spending money again. After last week, I'm nervice
> about that, but I'm learning to just keep praying and trusting in God who
> sees all. Chris is pretty much beyond our controll, but he's not beyond
> God's. I guess that I'm just tired of the roller coaster, but I'd better
> get used to it because there are probably more twists and turns to come.
I
> hope that my stomach can hold out! GRIN!
> Kathy
>
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