[__ Prayer __] PRAISE report! And prayer request(s)!

[Christ_empowered]

I ran into some legal trouble. The intensive couple rounds of involuntary ECT I had at 20 and again at 23 were being healed, before I came to full repentance. I sent tons of surprisingly well-written emails to a former shrink. No threats or anything, but still: uppity mental patient, right?

I was arrested on a misdemeanor, to which a felony was added. That was late last year. My parents hired a good attorney, and now the felony has been dropped (praise God!) and I'm pleading out to a slightly more serious misdemeanor. I have a clean record, so in 3 years or so, the misdemeanor can be erased from my record (its called an "expungement order" or something in this state).

I praise God for this. Shortly after the arrest, I finally did come to full, true repentance, and everything they had tried to teach me at Teen Challenge came back to remembrance, in a big, big way. They planted the seed, and God saw to it that it bore (and is still bearing) fruit. Teen Challenge...good people, btw.

Please pray for me. I have to go to court in a kinda far away city. The deal is set--no felony, misdemeanor, misdemeanor probation (I have to stay in voluntary, outpatient mental health treatment, plus pay a small monthly fee), and I'm done with legal woes. I'm just understandably nervous.

I have so much to be thankful for! Since God called me to repentance, my cognitive skills have shot up, my personality has changed (for the better), I'm more alert and I feel...alive. I'm more masculine, physically and mentally healthier, and doing 100x better than before. I was so afraid that lashing out (largely because of confidentiality violations and medical torture, btw) would ruin the whole thing, but God had (and has) another plan for my life.

Anyway...thanks for reading all this, and please keep me up in your prayers. Thanks again!

 

[reba]

You bet CE.... He loves you ya know

 

[AirDancer]

You continue in my prayers, Christ_empowered.

As Reba said, God loves you ... and so do we!

 

[Eugene]

Standing in agreement with you Christ_empowered, and I pray that all that God has in store for your good is made manifest in this trial of your faith.

In Jesus' name.

 

[Christ_empowered]

Thanks, everyone!

I was so afraid that I'd ruined God's work in my life by lashing out. God, in His infinite mercy and kindness, saw fit to get me a good attorney and, working through him, got me a misdemeanor deal. I'm not proud of my behavior AT ALL, but I was under intense pressure and I didn't quite grasp the need for medication (I figured...I had ECT. Why take meds?!?!).

Anyway, as always: thanks for your thoughts and prayers and words of encouragement. This really could have been the worst situation imaginable. Its crazy, isn't it? With a public defender, I'd be in the state mental hospital by now, or on lengthy felony probation. The oppression I've experienced in this community would have intensified 10x, if not more. But with a good attorney and my family behind me, I'm getting a misdemeanor, 9-18 months misdemeanor probation (they sometimes end this sort of probation at the 1/2 point), and voluntary, outpatient mental health treatment. Whew...what a difference a lawyer makes!

Thanks again, everyone.