Tomorrow morning is THE court date for my daughter.

[Rachel]

Like the others, I'm for knowing the facts of the situation. Amy Beth has obviously been in denial of her own responsibility for her situation and, until that changes, she will continue to make these kinds of irresponsible choices. I'm not saying what is happening today is a good thing, but there may be some good to come out of it if is enough to wake her up to the realities of life.

You have done everything you can to be of help to her and yet she has used and abused your love. The pain of that has to be unimaginable. Now is the time to concentrate on Jenna and whatever you can do to be a positive person in her life. In order to do that, you have to be strong emotionally and not let the pain of what Amy Beth has wrought destroy you. I do believe there will be a time that Amy Beth will grow up and realize the error of her ways. Until then, you cannot be responsible for pulling her out of the fires she sets for herself. My prayers will be for you, Kim.

[Lobodeb]

Thinking about you and praying for you today.

Be strong. And being strong means you can cry too.

[JenBKR]

I am so sorry that you are going through so much with Amy Beth. You are in my thoughts and prayers today. ((((hugs))))

[Christiansmommy]

I have not been on Pettalk lately but was aware of some of the things going on with your family from previous posts. First, I am so very sorry that you are having to deal with this, the stress must be so consuming. You are being so strong...you might not see it, but we all can...so remember that. ((HUGS))

I have already prayed for you and Amy Beth. I will continue to do so through out the day...no matter what the verdict, my prayers will continue. That God will hold you both in the palm of His loving hands.

I was looking for a paper that had words of encouragement and Bible verses that I wanted to copy for you to read here, it has helped a lot when dealing with trials that we are faced with on a daily basis that I have been dealt in my own life. I can't quote it, since I have misplaced it, but it would be nice to even send it to Amy Beth to read at some point, when she's ready.

To summorize it:

I am here by God's will, He put me in this straight place, He will help me to deal with this trial, teaching me lessons He wants me to learn, He will keep me quiet during it, and in His good timing He will bring me out of it, just how and when, He knows best...

I know that you are a Christian and have a faith in God, and I too know, that while being a Christian myself, we can often still wonder why is this happening, and that we just have to let go and let God take over b/c you have prayed and prayed and things seem unchanged...it is very frustrating and hard when we try our best to lean on the Lord, but trials can just weigh too heavy on us. But God knows your prayers even if you are too weary to pray them...he cries along side of you, and wants to comfort you. I pray that you feel His presence today and that somehow He calms your fears. We don't know why Amy Beth is doing what she is doing and why you are having to go thru it along with her, but we do know that God will get you through this, and we can be certain that He allows things to happen for whatever reason, but He can turn this into good...just how and when He knows best. "Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God."

I found this "pass it on" ( that was given to me when I was having issues going on in my life),and thought it might be of some sort of help, I know that I am not in your place and your trials are huge right now, just know that people are praying for you and God will turn this into something good.

"Strength"

The problems that we think may drown us today, could be the stepping stones to greater spiritual strength tomorrow" Max Lucado

Prayer and Love,
Robyn