Recent content by jruner

I have given her the above advice before, several times, as I am an abuse survivor! So now I pray. Rural law and urban law in Idaho are very differnt, sometimes.

Sometime ago a schizophrenic friend made serious violent threats against my Wife and I. These were over a firearm he was selling me on payments to get it out of the house. He has a history of threatening his spouse as well, yet she will not seek intervention, the local law enforcement will...

I have become so angry with my abuser's past and current that I can't let it go in the way I thought I had and now Pray about this daily. This abuse covers the full range and now I can only speak to my elderly parents rarely by email. Even then they attack or bait me. The last...

Online dating is fine, yes. I met my wife through a classified ad after meeting many people in church who didn't believe in God, yet wanted to date me. For him it is not so simple with a major pattern of lying and also a history of encouraging teen girls to take promiscuous photos of themselves...

Thanks, Reba And it has grown and I just can not trust him to tell me how much. It started with friends cell phones when he was at public school and stupidly I thought home schooling would help at least to a degree. It protected others (bullies) from his anger issues but helping him is...

My son has outright lied to my wife and I about viewing pornography and having an online girlfriend for six months. He was also violent for part of that and then calmed down. I feel the computer should be gone! Wife does not. We do watch him on it when she allows it. He says that it really...

I will consider this and still prefer middle ground and above all a biblical counseling approach, which is not available here in our rural area sadly. But this kid needs to know he is not in charge that I do agree with. God is in charge I just pray this teen could get that message!

He has stolen money from his brother and sister and us saying it's because he does not want to save what he has made from jobs or allowance and is out of cash for soda or junk food (he is a skinny muscular kid). He has also stolen anything that will give him an energy high as he calls it and...

He is sixteen and we have talked to Physician's about our concerns and get this "it is just a phase type of response". We feel it is much more than that and are not sure he will talk to anyone about it (phase has gone almost a year now), but want to try. Being in the low income bracket it is...

Done medical check up all normal. Yes stealing from own house sometimes small amount of money a few dollars, usually things from siblings, us or caffeine of any kind. He would drink a twelve pack of mountain dew in one day every day, if we let him. He says "I must have it and if you don't let...

What do we do? We are praying together and we will confront our teen. They are stealing energy products and hiding them i.e. coffee and some energy snacks (received from a food bank), which we have now thrown away to take away access. This teen gets very angry with too much caffeine and tries...

I would he died for me! It would be pretty selfish to say I am not willing to die for Christ. At one point I was denied benefits to feed my family and persecuted for my Christian faith alone (due to the evaluators religion) in this country. It made me realize what it truly means when you...

I do not believe in violence except in defense of life or limb and yes this is going on with others including the teachers and students. It was complained about a couple of years ago in the local paper but it is getting worse. As stated above more than teacher one teacher is overwhelmed. My...

My oldest son mentioned as a rebellious teen in an earlier post finally broke down and told me what a big part of the problem was regarding his anger. I have been praying that he would talk to someone about it for a long time. School bullies, they bullied him and other kids along with...

I am praying and will ask the body of believers in my little town to pray as well. This precious child and family are in my prayers.