Father in Heaven we know you know Gretchen and love her. change her hheart Lord to desire you only. Thank you Father in Your Precious Name we pray amen -- When Satan is knocking on your door. Simply say, "Jesus could you get that for me?" Karen Carter '74 -------------- Original message -------------- > For many months now, Gretchen has been drifting away from the Lord and her > family. By the way, I removed her from the list before writing this > message. I don't think she was reading the echurch mail anyhow. Gretchen > is back to lying all the time, associating with people with whom she > shouldn't, smoking, she has been caught more than once, and we don't know if > she has done any drugs but we have strong suspicions that she has been drunk > when we were on our vacation and I would bet money that, at the very least, > she has smoked some dope. She is never where she claims she is when away > from home either. My son's drapery shop was doing extremely well when they > hired Gretchen. They were scheduled 6 to 8 weeks out. Now, they have lost > a lot of money and the business has steadily declined. Now, they are lucky > if they have one week of work in advance and last week, they were down to > just two days of week. They have gone without paychecks a couple of times > recently in order to pay bills and taxes. The business has had to borrow > money to stay open. Some of you already think I'm a screw ball so you won't > mind what I am about to say. I have told my son that I personally believe > the lack in business has direct relationship to Gretchen's employment since > it is a family owned business. Additionally, I have known for several > weeks, that spiritual fiddling with relationships within my own family > realm, has been occurring, and even to the degree it has touched at least > one of the people with whom I pray on a regular bases. So, I am being > pressed, due to circumstances that are effecting my family, to make another > decision that isn't going to be easy to make. I'd appreciate your prayers > because this involves two little boys who never did anything to deserve what > they have had to face in their little lives. By the way, I left out a whole > ton of things that have been going on so what you just read is only the tip > of the iceberg. > > Phil.