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Date Posted: 08:34:50 05/24/10 Mon
Author: Sandi Stevens
Author Host/IP: 168.12.253.66
Subject: Re: Prayer Request for Self
In reply to: Rev. Mark McManus 's message, "Re: Prayer Request for Self" on 00:06:28 05/21/10 Fri

Brother Mark:
Words cannot express how I sincerely appreciate the time and love you took to minister to me in this manner, and your words are being heeded. It is so difficult to take the advice we would have given to others, isn't it?

As to the job and the lawsuit...yes, those are simple solutions in giving it all to the Lord. But when one deals with the unknown thoughts of another human being, it can get trickier because, as you say, you may not know that you have done or said something to contribute to the situation.

My mother hates...yes, I mean the real thing...me for two reasons: One, I look exactly like my father whom she loathed (how I came along is a SERIOUS question to me) and two, I am not her. She sees my dad (who may or may not have been a lousy husband, but he was a wonderful father) in me and is immediately put off, but she also sees me as being the failure of being able to live her life again vicariously through me, as we did not have the same tastes or interests.
The final nail in the coffin is that I finally asked her as gently and respectfully as I could not to continue to make hateful comments about my father to me now that he is gone. THAT is what stopped her speaking to me.

Now, in all fairness, I have seen some signs over the years that she may not be lucid at all times (she is 83 and in failing health), and I take this into account with great weight. I would like to be able to do something for her to allow her to see that I hold no contempt,but 1) I don't know what it would be and 2) whether I would be allowed "in" by her husband (my stepdad)is in question.I have always gotten along fine with him, but that doesn't mean he wouldn't bar my attempts out of a sense of "protecting" her. Yet it hurts me that she has chosen to allow herself to become an embittered old woman. I want to do something, somehow, to at least comfort her before her condition worsens beyond reach.She may be there already. She will not accept my emails, so I carry the...I guess one would say "artificial"...guilt over knowing that she suffers and not knowing how to ease it.

Also, may I make a request for our Brother Robert Brozoski, whose mother suffered a heart attack last week and is recovering. And please also continue to pray for Bro. Steve.

My Brother Mark, I thank you for your counsel and prayers. It is clear that the Lord has His mighty Hand on your heart, and I pray for many blessings for you.

To all my brothers and sisters in Christ...blessings beyond measure and hearts full of joy. May the Lord lift His countenance upon you, and give you peace, amen.

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