Well....almost all of YOUR prayers as well as mine have been answered !!! Thank-YOU Jesus
and a very sincere Thank-You to every each one of ya'll that have been praying along with me for the past year.
The hearing got started late, more like 10:15 this morning. Our daughter showed up alone and our Grandchildren's father showed up with the lawyer that WE took out a loan (that we couldn't afford) to retain for the Grandchildrens sake. The lawyer brought an agreement that said that they BOTH have shared custody of the children, no child support, NEITHER of them can leave the state with them, and they BOTH have to submit to random drug screens.
She (our daughter) signed it with the agreement added that each of them could claim one child each year on their tax returns. The children ARE SAFE and can't be taken away from the family that has been involved with them since the day they were born. Again.......Thank-You Jesus !!!
Our daughter, on the other hand is currently homeless. She told the court that she was living out of her car (which isn't true). She also told the court that she no longer had anything to do with the guy she had been dating that put her in the hospital TWICE (which also wasn't true). She is still hanging with the WRONG type people. We cannot do ANYTHING to stop that, she's 25 years old and can make her decisions for herself. Both my wife and I have had numerous conversations with her about this "guy" that she says she is so in love with and told her that eventually, he was going to kill her. She says that we don't understand and that she loves him and can't help what her feelings are. We feel so helpless concerning her well being........and truly are. We just keep on praying that someday, somehow, her eyes are opened to the kind of person that he is and realizes that she (or anyone for that matter) doesn't deserve to be treated that way.
She is sick......and in need of help, but to intent on "changing other people" into what SHE wants them to be to listen to reason. There isn't anything any closer to insanity than trying to have a "rational" conversation with an "irrational person". Right now, she is in the Good Lord's hands and I hope that he see's fit to keep her safe from this MONSTER that she say's she's so in love with. If one doesn't love themselves ENOUGH, and have ENOUGH self-worth to realize that NO ONE deserves to be beaten and hurt........then they don't truly know how to either accept or give love to or from anyone.
I want to again.........thank each and everyone of YOU for being there with me through all of this. It might not be over yet......who knows ???
I also want to publicly say......again, Thank-You Jesus !!!! You have never let me down and I know that you never will.
Thy will be done.........Amen
Winterhawk1960