Hi Kathy,
My thoughts and prayers are with you. I will keep praying!
Huggs and blessings!
Virgie and Hoshi
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kathy Du Bois" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, July 11, 2006 11:15 AM
Subject: Re: the latest from Maine
> Phil,
> That's what I keep telling myself, but it is hard not to worry. I'm
> afraid, for a first born, he doesn't have a very long line of successes to
> look back on at present. He's been fired three times, all for the same
> reason, working too slow. flunking out at college was a real blow to him
> and still having to pay back $15,000 for the experience didn't help. I
> know that he felt bad about totaling our car this spring and he was
> looking forward to new beginnings out in Michigan. I would just like to
> know, one way or another, something. Thank you for understanding, and,
> you're right, Greg and I have been kicking ourselves over and over for
> anything that pops up in our memory banks. I wish that we were dealing
> with the church, or the family. Two fronts at once is hard. I can say,
> however, I really have a sense of peace through it all. Worrying won't
> help and getting angry won't hurt anybody but me. Rhonda is right.
> Praying is the right response. God can do the worrying. After all, I
> know that He knows and He loves my kids even more than I do. Nothing will
> happen without His knowing. I just long for the day when He lets me in on
> things.
> Kathy
>
>
> At 10:51 AM 7/11/2006, you wrote:
>>Kathy,
>>
>>Not hearing from your own children is, to say the least, stressful. It
>>taps
>>into all that fear that we never seemed to know was there. It is a
>>perfect
>>breeding ground for the enemy to plant lies into our thinking or, if some
>>are already there, to try and reinforce the lies we believe by putting
>>more
>>lies on top of them. Then there are the feelings that come along with it.
>>I remember when Gretchen was 15 and gone for three months. I'm sure Matt
>>is
>>just sorting things out in his mind right now.
>>
>>Phil.
>
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