http://confidenceandjoy.com/are-you-willing/ Living Life Without Fear! Tue, 14 May 2013 00:06:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://confidenceandjoy.com/are-you-willing/comment-page-1/#comment-2878 Mike Verdicchio Tue, 17 Apr 2012 02:19:04 +0000 http://confidenceandjoy.com/?p=3623#comment-2878 Kathy, thanks for sharing your heart; I would advise you on two things. First, the past is the past - all of us did the best that we could at the time; the apostle Paul said to forget the past. He had quite a bit of baggage to let go of. So stop beating yourself up, look up, and get up, and do the best that you can for your life. Ask God to help you and He will. Secondly, I don't know all the details, but it sounds like your son needs to grow up and take responsibility for his own life - perfect or not perfect, you did your best for him. Continue to love him, but maybe its time for him to leave the nest and take responsibility for his own life. And one more thing - God gave us all free will - He will not force us or make us do anything - it is up to each one of us to decide what thoughts we think. Each of us our responsible for our own thoughts. May God bless you and help you. Kathy, thanks for sharing your heart; I would advise you on two things. First, the past is the past – all of us did the best that we could at the time; the apostle Paul said to forget the past. He had quite a bit of baggage to let go of. So stop beating yourself up, look up, and get up, and do the best that you can for your life. Ask God to help you and He will. Secondly, I don’t know all the details, but it sounds like your son needs to grow up and take responsibility for his own life – perfect or not perfect, you did your best for him. Continue to love him, but maybe its time for him to leave the nest and take responsibility for his own life. And one more thing – God gave us all free will – He will not force us or make us do anything – it is up to each one of us to decide what thoughts we think. Each of us our responsible for our own thoughts. May God bless you and help you.

]]> http://confidenceandjoy.com/are-you-willing/comment-page-1/#comment-2876 Kathy Mon, 16 Apr 2012 16:56:16 +0000 http://confidenceandjoy.com/?p=3623#comment-2876 I brought a baby into the world once, and I honestly thought that he would grow up stage by stage automaticly. I thought God designed the mind to just go through stages of maturity as one got older and older then became an adult. Wrong.. my son got stuck in his teen years and decided rebellion against any authority except his own was the path he would take in life. Well I tried everything I could do to teach him the path I knew was Gods , but he would not except it. Today he has the mind of a 16yr old and is 30yrs old. He has given up on any hope of a good life and will use substances to dull the lack of hope. He's stuck in the past hurts of his own choices. I was so shocked that God my Father did not step in and help that it hurt my own walk with the Lord Jesus Christ. Now I am doing my best to work out my own salvation and not my sons. It is so hard for me to let go of the though that I had failed my son, I am not a and was not a good Mother and now I'm stuck with the results of a man child who has given up on life. My own walk with the Lord is in serious trouble. I am taking steps to correct my thinking and once again think Gods thoughts and let the chips fall where they may and believe for courage to live for Jesus and not my son. Well I did the tough love, and I ended up at 89lbs and had to go to the mental hospial for medical and councling. I almost killed me. Well it did not work he's back to the same dead end. Yes I house him and keep trying to help him but to no avail yet. I guess I didn't learn my lesson so I have to repeat it and I don't know if I can. Well that's my comment on things and people growing . Sometimes they don't. I brought a baby into the world once, and I honestly thought that he would grow up stage by stage automaticly. I thought God designed the mind to just go through stages of maturity as one got older and older then became an adult. Wrong.. my son got stuck in his teen years and decided rebellion against any authority except his own was the path he would take in life. Well I tried everything I could do to teach him the path I knew was Gods , but he would not except it. Today he has the mind of a 16yr old and is 30yrs old. He has given up on any hope of a good life and will use substances to dull the lack of hope. He’s stuck in the past hurts of his own choices. I was so shocked that God my Father did not step in and help that it hurt my own walk with the Lord Jesus Christ. Now I am doing my best to work out my own salvation and not my sons. It is so hard for me to let go of the though that I had failed my son, I am not a and was not a good Mother and now I’m stuck with the results of a man child who has given up on life. My own walk with the Lord is in serious trouble. I am taking steps to correct my thinking and once again think Gods thoughts and let the chips fall where they may and believe for courage to live for Jesus and not my son. Well I did the tough love, and I ended up at 89lbs and had to go to the mental hospial for medical and councling. I almost killed me. Well it did not work he’s back to the same dead end. Yes I house him and keep trying to help him but to no avail yet. I guess I didn’t learn my lesson so I have to repeat it and I don’t know if I can. Well that’s my comment on things and people growing . Sometimes they don’t.

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