1 Cor 10:31 (16
Jan 2006)
"prayer please -- my brother's
threatening suicide"
My wayward (unsaved) brother has his life in
one empty, meaningless, near-hopeless situation right now -- he's had tons
of DUI's over the years, and is facing another count now. {he got
it while our mom was dying in the hospital last summer}
She babied her 41 y/o "baby boy" too much over the years,
always "fixing" all his problems for him, bailing him out of every situation
~ and she's no longer around to do that. {of course, he DID manipulate
her & twist her arm pretty good.... so that she WOULD fix his problems....}
Also last summer, he also got fired from his welding
job he'd had for 14 years.
So now -- he's out of money, about to lose his house,
no income, no job, can't drive (suspended license), likely no one will
hire him anyway with felonies, he's facing prison, ~ all in all, a pretty
hopeless existence. We know *WHO* he needs.
But until/unless Roger will turn to the Lord ~ and even
if he does, he's still going to have to pay the consequences of his actions.
He says he will not go back to prison...... so he prefers to opt out (permanently)
and take his own life. He's tried it before; and we take him seriously
this time -- he's sunk about as LOOOOOOW as anyone possibly could ~ says
he's going to hang himself. We think he seriously/dangerously may
try to do something.
Any time I try to encourage him -- he does not accept
it well -- claims I'm only "preaching" to him. I've prayed until
I'm prayed out. My DH is trying to reach him; and a guy from al-anon
is trying to reach him.
Please, if there's any door left open at all -- it is
my deepest desire that God will yet reach this poor, tormented soul and
rescue him from his path of self-destruction. The Lord takes
no pleasure in the death of the wicked (Ez. 33:11) but He ultimately desires
they turn from their evil ways & turn TO Him ~ yet at the same time,
He certainly gives us free choice.
The one who satan has bound so tightly in shackled chains
is named Roger. I thank you for prayer.
Jesus is coming *SOON*!!
Are you ready? Luke 21:36
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