It looks like my cousin M will be coming to stay with us this weekend. I am nervous but as my husband reminded me, we have to show him the love of Christ.
M needs to learn people love him, that there are consequences for poor behavior, grades matter, and respect and honesty are a powerful thing. I pray that he respects us and our house. That he will listen and behave like a normal young man.
Quitting smoking won't be negotiable. He is 17 and that is NOT acceptable. He will not get free reign of running around after school or on the weekends. He will go back on his ADHD meds. These are things that matter to me. If he doesn't listen idk where he thinks he will go.
He has pretty much burned my mom out. My uncle J despises him, he can't live with his mom & dad, my aunt P drives him crazy (and couldn't handle him at all), and evidently living with his 14 year old gf and mom isn't going to work either.
He fabricates lies, but I pray James and I will be able to see right through them. I pray M finds Christ through us taking him in. And I pray for our finances!
Feeding and clothing a 17 year old boy will NOT be ideal or easy for us. And things will be crazy when I start school in January, so I really hope he respects us enough to obey by our rules even when we aren't here. I won't be afraid to ask his probation officer to place another teather (sp?) on him.
Here's to hoping M can get his head on straight. And become a help to society instead of a hinderance. Here's to praying for a miracle for this teenage boy to become a man instead of a boy in a man's body. Here's to praying we can become a parental figure in his life without many waves.
Here's to my sanity and following God's heart in a situation most would run from.
Please keep me in your prayers, because on top of all of this I have my HSG tomorrow. And I am quite anxious. Will update as soon as I catch a chance after it, and btw they bumped me to 130pm instead of 1. So I have to wait another half hour in anxious thoughts! Aaaaahhhh.
♥ Jess
M needs to learn people love him, that there are consequences for poor behavior, grades matter, and respect and honesty are a powerful thing. I pray that he respects us and our house. That he will listen and behave like a normal young man.
Quitting smoking won't be negotiable. He is 17 and that is NOT acceptable. He will not get free reign of running around after school or on the weekends. He will go back on his ADHD meds. These are things that matter to me. If he doesn't listen idk where he thinks he will go.
He has pretty much burned my mom out. My uncle J despises him, he can't live with his mom & dad, my aunt P drives him crazy (and couldn't handle him at all), and evidently living with his 14 year old gf and mom isn't going to work either.
He fabricates lies, but I pray James and I will be able to see right through them. I pray M finds Christ through us taking him in. And I pray for our finances!
Feeding and clothing a 17 year old boy will NOT be ideal or easy for us. And things will be crazy when I start school in January, so I really hope he respects us enough to obey by our rules even when we aren't here. I won't be afraid to ask his probation officer to place another teather (sp?) on him.
Here's to hoping M can get his head on straight. And become a help to society instead of a hinderance. Here's to praying for a miracle for this teenage boy to become a man instead of a boy in a man's body. Here's to praying we can become a parental figure in his life without many waves.
Here's to my sanity and following God's heart in a situation most would run from.
Please keep me in your prayers, because on top of all of this I have my HSG tomorrow. And I am quite anxious. Will update as soon as I catch a chance after it, and btw they bumped me to 130pm instead of 1. So I have to wait another half hour in anxious thoughts! Aaaaahhhh.
♥ Jess
You and your husband have such good hearts to take M in and I really hope he realizes this.
ReplyDeleteI am very excited for you about the HSG, I hope it answers questions.