Angel,
Sorry I didn't respond sooner, I have just read this.
I'll be praying. Remember, our God is the God of the impossible.  This is 
not the time for you to be pondering the cause of your son's mis-behavior, 
ratherit is the time to continually call on the Lord, throw yourself upon 
his mercy until he brings the solution.
    The enemy of our soul would have you in doubt and condemnation, but the 
Lord tells us to give thanks in all things.  Obviously this doesn' make 
sense to the natural mind.  The scripture that comes to mind is the 
following from Philippians 3-13 through 16.
    Brethren, I count not myself to have aprehended; but this one thing I 
do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those 
things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high 
calling of God in Christ Jesus. Let us therefore, as many as be perfect be 
thus minded; and if in any thing you be otherwise minded, God shall reveal 
even this unto you.
    Vinny
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From: "Angel" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2006 1:45 AM
Subject: I request your prayers


I would like to ask your prayers.  My son is 16 years old.  He no longer 
wants to go to mass, and he hangs around with the wrong crowd.  I had to 
appear with him Monday before a court officer because he was caught smoking, 
he is under age, and with a counterfeit controlled substance.  He had to 
produce his report card from school.  I didn't receive his last report card 
due to a mix up.  I asked the secretary for another.  She sent it home.  It 
was the best report card he ever had.  I promised him money if he brought 
his grades up, formerly they were pretty bad.  I was so proud.  We presented 
it to the court officer and he was amazed as he didn't see good cards often. 
I was going to tell the officer how bad he had been, but, with that good 
card I thought perhaps he was turning himself around and there was no real 
need to do this.  The same day his teacher phoned and said he was performing 
badly and he was in danger of failing.  I couldn't understand this given his 
good report card.  I even thought he might have counterfeited it.  I 
couldn't figure how this could be done as he didn't know the address of the 
school or the proper spelling of the teacher or the principal's names.  I 
went to school today to determine why they both were saying he wasn't doing 
well.  The upshot was:  He used my scanner to copy and change his grades.  I 
was so disappointed, and felt so foolish.  Here I was trying to defend a boy 
who was so obviously a fraud.  He lies so much I can't really trust anything 
he says, but as St. Paul says "love believes all things" I guess.  It is 
just that I know his potential and I know if he really tried he could do as 
well as his phony grades indicated.  Just last week he stopped seeing a few 
of his bad friends and I thought he was turning himself around but, he still 
insists his report card was the one given him by the school, and the 
confusion was the fault of the schools.  I keep thinking I must have failed 
somewhere.  People keep telling me I haven't and his bad behavior isn't 
somehow my fault, but, I still think if I somehow did something differently 
he would improve.  If you ask him he will blame me for all he does.  He uses 
me as an excuse.  I even do that.  I really need prayers.