Karen,
We're not done with this yet.  I know better than to think that.  As far as
the wrong turn taking an hour John?  Yah, you're probably right, but it
would be difficult to shed any light on it without the  Lord's help.  In
the mean time, in the scheme of things, it's just not a hill worth dying on
for now.  There is too much else to be concerned about to back track what
is probably a half hour.  IN truth, he probably didn't leave Nicki's house
as early as he is aledging he did. that would explain a lot.
Kathy


At 09:14 PM 6/20/2005, you wrote:
>Well I hpe that he has learned his lesson.  Sometimes it just take one
>time in jail to care them straight.   Thank you Jesus for your love and
>grace in your precious name I pray Amen
>
>--
>Christ is either Lord of all or he is not Lord at all.
>Karen Carter '74
>
>
>
> > 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