[__ Prayer __] Verna, yet again

[Christ_empowered]

Please pray for my very, very special friend, Verna. She's like a 2nd mother to me.

She's been handing out $$$ to her wayward grand-daughter. This situation makes me so sad. Verna thought she'd changed. Now, the grand-daughter has moved all her things into Verna's house, and Verna is feeling uneasy and a bit scared...in her own home. Not good. Not good at all.

Verna's son is this girl's father, but he's in a mess himself. The other grand parents and the mother aren't of any help. The grand-daughter is unemployed. She's tried to get disability for mental problems a number of times. Verna says she could work, she just prefers to sleep all day and do drugs sometimes. I don't know.

I ask that you pray for Verna and her grand-daughter. Just hearing about the situation makes me a bit nervous.

Thanks.

 

[daninthelionsden]

Please pray for my very, very special friend, Verna. She's like a 2nd mother to me.

She's been handing out $$$ to her wayward grand-daughter. This situation makes me so sad. Verna thought she'd changed. Now, the grand-daughter has moved all her things into Verna's house, and Verna is feeling uneasy and a bit scared...in her own home. Not good. Not good at all.

Verna's son is this girl's father, but he's in a mess himself. The other grand parents and the mother aren't of any help. The grand-daughter is unemployed. She's tried to get disability for mental problems a number of times. Verna says she could work, she just prefers to sleep all day and do drugs sometimes. I don't know.
Be careful to maintain appropriate boundaries(distance) from this situation. All kinds of snares via situations will be presented to you in the course of your life. You will even be given advice to involve yourself where you shouldn't and not in your best interest. What may seem like "good" advice may only be trolling in an attempt to evoke an irrational response. If something illegal goes on in her home then let the responsible authorities handle it. People like you and myself are at an emotional disadvantage to those not in the same boat. Some can appear to be offering good advice that is actually a potential snare. Unfortunately you can't let your heart over-rule self-preservation. Continue to monitor and pray for her.....you have a prayer partner here.
I ask that you pray for Verna and her grand-daughter. Just hearing about the situation makes me a bit nervous.

Thanks.

 

[daninthelionsden]

My reply didn't get posted.....Just telling you to be very careful in this situation. You have avoided getting caught up in snares thus far. Make sure you maintain appropriate boundaries(distance) in the situation. Be careful of advice to get involved into things you are not emotionally equipped to handle. By all means monitor and pray for her but let the appropriate authorities handle anything else. I'll pray for her and you as well.

 

[AirDancer]

Please pray for my very, very special friend, Verna. She's like a 2nd mother to me.

She's been handing out $$$ to her wayward grand-daughter. This situation makes me so sad. Verna thought she'd changed. Now, the grand-daughter has moved all her things into Verna's house, and Verna is feeling uneasy and a bit scared...in her own home. Not good. Not good at all.

Verna's son is this girl's father, but he's in a mess himself. The other grand parents and the mother aren't of any help. The grand-daughter is unemployed. She's tried to get disability for mental problems a number of times. Verna says she could work, she just prefers to sleep all day and do drugs sometimes. I don't know.

I ask that you pray for Verna and her grand-daughter. Just hearing about the situation makes me a bit nervous.

Thanks.

It's time for Verna to set rules with which the granddaughter will have to abide.

It's Verna's home; therefore, she gets to establish the rules. If the granddaughter doesn't like them, she can leave.

Verna is such a caring, dear woman, one with a heart full of love. But she's going to have to take a firm stand about the household rules she sets: The granddaughter has to gain a full-time job....and keep it. She has to provide her own transportation....no using Verna's car. She has to have insurance on the vehicle - if she buys a car -, and keep it in good running order. She also needs to pay rent and help with groceries.

I can think of other rules, but these are a good start.

Prayers, of course, continue for Verna. She is a wonderful woman!

 

[Angel]

Praying

 

[Christ_empowered]

me again. I can't help but feel for the grand daughter. Verna was a great mom, but her 1st husband turned his back on God and his family. the d-i-v-o-r-c-e negatively impacted the kids, and they're not so stellar. I dunno. blaming the divorce is kinda simplistic.

Point is...the grand daughter didn't have the best home life or upbringing, and her dad (verna's son) probably could have done a better job. He and the girl's mom recently divorced, and now he's living with some other not so great woman and her kids.

--sigh-- I just...I think about it, and I don't get it, I guess. Verna's been a solid Pentecostal Christian since before 10 years old. She's one of those success stories; raised the right way, got saved as a kid, stayed saved, led a good life. The 1st husband wasn't so great, but the 2nd husband was a gem, a gift from God.

But, like I said, I don't get it. The daughter blocked her phone # and the son is wayward himself and his daughter is...messed up, in a big way.

Is this just life in these United States these days?

But please do keep those prayers for Verna coming. I appreciate it.