God is with you - even when you feel alone in your prayers. Remember the Footprints? When there is only one set of footprints, that is when God is carrying you.

You and your family are in my prayers.

Praying. You have Jesus with you. He will be your strength. God will work all this out for good.

You have no idea how grateful i am for all of you.I dont know how much more i can take my heart is so heavy and the tears keep flowing my dh keeps wanting to take me to hospital,and dil keeps thinking of herself my dh is telling that this woman is not going to rip our family apart and that she is evil i have turned my cell off and i text my son from husband cell and act like i am him.I dontwantto directlytalk to him because i will breakdown and cry i dont wanthim to be anymore stressed than he is so for his best interest i will do it this way.Thank You Friends

Please be brave when it is easier to give up. He will not fail you my friend.

My sons oldest brother called me last night to ask how his brother was and to see how i was holding up,God must have spoken to his heart i have not heard from him in months.You have no idea how nice it was to hear his voice and of course i broke down.And asked him to please go to Dr. and get a check up and told him i loved him and he said he loved me to.Andfor us to keep in touch.My dh tellsme have faith and God will help us.

Some times things like possible illnesses bring families together. Perhaps this is nothing to be concerned about for your son but everyone's concern could bring you all together. God does work in strange and mysterious ways. Prayers and hugs.

That was an answer to prayer to hear from your ES.

Good morning everyone,Yesit was aprayer to hear from ES.My plate is so full right now with so much emotion.When i go to bed at night i pray i dont wake up cause its hard to goback to sleep i will be so glad when Sept 22 comes.And Dr told my son he is concerned bout his sleep apnea,his wt and i was concerned bout that also he may bout 50lb over and that alot,and bout the skin tags he has on his body Dr said that is some kind of sign of high sugar?And he is under alot of stress due to his son skin,he works 3-11,11-7 back to back,and so many days in a row,going to school,then dil sitting home she waits for him to take gs to dr,take her to dr,she cant even take gs to get haircut.She just ask me and dh to take gs to get bloodwork done i just refused and she is concerned about getting a car for what she dont anywhere.She wont even hardly cook yes my son does that to when he is off.I really am having a hard time giving her sympathy.She always is wanting to push my GS out of house so she can sleep.And then she says its our carpet making his skin breakout she even toldmemy GS should come over everyday to our home, i would love it but not so she can crawl back in bed.Sorry bout my ranting but i am upset

You and your family are having a rough time of it that's for sure. Praying for all of you to keep faith in the Lord to see you through this nightmare.Blessings

edr I'm sorry for all you are going through. I am praying.

Hugs to you edr1961....a long time ago during a period of letting the spirit of fear rule my heart, God taught me something that has never failed to cast out the fear and replace it with peace in my heart--->> Rom 10:17 So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

This then gave me the idea that if I read the Word of God outloud to myself so that I could "hear" it that I would increase my faith and not be full of fear and anxiety, so I began to read the book of Psalms, one of my favorites filled with God's promises to us, outloud to myself until I felt peace in my spirit. It worked and it continues to work for me...always!! My favorite Psalm is Psalm 91.

I pray the Lord reveals this truth to you also edr1961 and that it brings you peace!

Just a update my son has not called us only text us when we text him.Dil told us of Dr. appt so i text him and asked if we can follow him to Dr. appt. he doesnt want us to go with him,just another feeling of helplessness.Dil has not contacted us either except when wetext to let her know we will pick gs up on fri.Im so sad i knowmy son has to be afraid,scared and i want to be with him but he wont let me.

edr1961, I know from my own situation that there are no words that I can say to make this situation with your son feel less painful to you right now. I can only share what helped me to get through these same kinds of painful times in hopes, perhaps...that if you try them, they might help you also.

I can sense in your choice of the word "helplessness" that you feel overwhelmed right now. When I would feel this way, I knew I had to find something productive to pour myself into to keep my mind off of those overwhelming feelings. I also knew that if I could be kept distracted enough long enough from the overwhelming emotions that I was feeling, that time would find me in a different place when I stopped long enough again to think about my EC. And when I eventually did stop long enough to let myself reflect upon those feelings and digest the current situation with my EC, I found I had grown strong enough again to move on from there.

Helplessness and being overwhelmed are feelings God gave us to know that you have all you can do to deal with your own emotions and just need a time out. Time out is not "not caring or saying it doesn't hurt" or even indicating that you are ok or have accepted the situation. Time out is putting it neutral for a while. It's healing! It's strengthening! It also allows us to refill our emotional bank with some positive deposits. Like just a peaceful day for instance, or a productive day of getting something accomplished.

The Lord taught me this through this verse-->>Phillipians 4:8 Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.

I came to understand that if I could not look back like Lot's wife to the "bad reports about my EC" and just stay in the present moment and do what this verse says...especially find things to think on that were of a "good report" and then Praise the Lord for them, as I kept busy in the moment, and let tomorrow take care of itself...I began to grow strong enough to not feel overwhelmed or helpless. Many say "the Lord was my strength or that the Lord got me through this"....and HE DOES but I get frustrated when they leave out the "how" because sometimes I can't read between the lines and need detailed instructions...these above "suggestions" are the details of how God got me through day to day.

Thank you, lost. You explained that so clearly. He is truly in the boat of estrangement with us. We are not alone.

Thank you for taking your time with me.you all make me feel like im not alone.I pray all through out the day and hope he hears me.