Brad,
    Your right this isn't the first problem they've had.  They do go to
church and do know God.  They do noot talk much and haven't for a while.
This definately is not the first time.  It has happened many times before.
My Mom wants my Dad to change but he said that he isn't going to and that's
why they wont seek help from a counselor.  If they could talk things out it
would be much easier but they can't.

Amy
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From: Brad D <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Monday, January 31, 2005 6:38 PM
Subject: Re: Thanks for Praying


> Amy,
>
> Your post makes me think of how it might have been experienced by my kids
> some years ago now, only they were much younger than yourself. There was a
> time when my wife and I couldn't have cared if one left or not, or so we
> said anyway. In fact my wife packed her bags and headed out the door to
> find a hotel. As God would have it, and I prayed, even though I was not
> a  honest believer with a relationship with Christ, he honored my prayer
as
> she came back after a few hours having found no hotel in our little town
or
> the town ten miles from here. God saw to it there wasn't a room in the inn
> and she wasn't about to stay in a stable so she returned home, and she
> realized what happened and we began to talk about trying to make things
> work. It was a very ugly time of life for us and I can't imagine how my
> kids were disturbed over it as we were consumed for the most part in
> ourselves, our relationship and it's problems. It sounds to me that your
> mom and dad may have issues from before this fight and such feelings are
> not new ones, hopefully I'm wrong. I pray they see the light and wisdom in
> finding help. My wife suffered from clinical depression, and it along with
> the meds which numbed her ability to feel emotion only contributed to a
> relationship let go to seed after many abuses on  a daily basis. I want to
> stress something here as well, as it is very important in life and perhaps
> why god stresses it in his word. The one thing that kept us from not
giving
> up earlier and in the heat of battle was that my wife and I were the
> only  ones in which intimacy was shared, and both of us, silently in our
> own thoughts, were very bothered of losing that which could never be
gotten
> back if lost. It caused us to think beyond our  problems no matter how big
> they were. We knew that if we cashed in the relationship, that one entity
> of our relationship would suffer and we could never have that with anyone.
> I do not say this to bring conviction to anyone who has succumbed to such
> in life, God works that out, but I do stress it so it might be preserved
> and as with us, served to hold a tie which God used to bring us back
> together when everything else looked for the best to split up. I will pray
> for your parents, your mom and dad individually and  yourself as well for
> the peace and comfort. Do know however no matter what happens, God will
see
> you through and perhaps through this fight and apparent trouble, perhaps
> God will be shown to your parents in a real tangible way either for the
> first time, or for a life changing renewal in their lives.
>
> Brad
>
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