Kathy,
it's only his old nature that hates you.  He would really ultimately hate
you if you burried your heads in the sand too.
Vinny
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kathy Du Bois" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, July 15, 2005 1:52 PM
Subject: Re: The light truly is best!!!


> Karen,
> He did say last night that he is grateful to have parents who will go to
> such lengths for him.  One other thing that we talked about last night is
> one of his friends who is a real druggy and we both know that the mother
in
> that situation has chosen  to bury her head in the sand.  Chris will often
> make comments out of the blue about how, we're doing it the right way,
even
> though he still fights us tooth and nail.  I'm pretty sure that, even
> though he hates the consequences, he's pretty  glad that he has such
tough,
> nosy parents.
> Kathy
>
>
> At 11:46 AM 7/15/2005, you wrote:
> >All right Prasie the Lord.  Of course you know he is always in
> >control.  And God maybe showing Chris that he truly is loved.  Sometimes
> >kids act up because they think they are not loved.  Just keep reminding
> >him that you do these things because you know he is better than how he
> >acts and that you are doing it because you love him and he may not
> >understand it nhow but in later years he will look back and be thankful
> >that it was this way.,
> >
> >--
> >Christ is either Lord of all or he is not Lord at all.
> >Karen Carter '74
> >
> >
> >
> > > Hi guys,
> > > Thank you so much for praying.  What a wild day I have had.  This
morning,
> > > Greg talked to Nicki's mother and told her about the scheduled
appointment
> > > at planned parenthood.  Well, at first we thought that we weren't
going to
> > > be found out because Nicki's mother covered for us and said that
planned
> > > parenthood had called to remind her of her appointment.  We were
praising
> > > God that we were still going to escape detection.  Then, this
afternoon,
> > > before dinner, we don't know why, but Chris burst into our bedroom,
where
> > > Greg was working on the lap top and just asked outright, how long have
you
> > > guys been listening to our phone conversations?"  Well, we tried to
talk a
> > > bit thehn, but Chris was very angry, understandably, so we just
dropped it
> > > and went to dinner.  I had a feeling that I had better stay home from
bible
> > > study to face whatever storm was brewing.  Sure enough, I caught Chris
> > > snooping around in our bedrom.  I calmly sat down on the bed and Chris
> > > said, "what do you think I want to talk about Mom?"  So, I laid back
and
> > > just told him to go for it.  He shut the door and sat down beside me
on the
> > > bed and started asking questions about how much we knew and so on and
so
> > > forth.  I explained to him that we started monitering him when he
started
> > > sneaking around and hanging around people that we didn't know.  I was
also
> > > able to talk to him about birth controll and going back to his
original
> > > policy on abstaining from sex until marriage and, over all, it went
pretty
> > > well.  We ended on a good note.  Unfortunately, we just had another
tiff in
> > > the kitchen because he is grounded for the day and he still wants to
go to
> > > Nicki's so life isn't good, or perfect or, whatever, but I feel like
God
> > > gained another victory today in this crazy battle.  You guys needed to
know
> > > because your prayers really helped.  Now I have to run because my five
> > > minute turn on the computer is over. GRIN!   Besides, it's getting
wild
> > > around here again, but, there was a victory today.  Yea!
> > > Kathy
> > > .
>