I WILL BE PRAYING FOR YOU MIANNA, CHRIS, & HIS DAUGHTERS. BUT YOU HAVE LEARNED THROUGH REPEATED PAST EXPERIENCE THAT DRINKING DOES NOT SOLVE ANYTHING, IT ONLY ADDS MORE TROUBLE AND HEADACHES AND ILLNESS TO THE SITUATION. AND YOU ALSO NEED TO KNOW THAT READING YOUR BIBLE AND PRAYING IS OUR ONE ON ONE TIME WITH JESUS FIRST AND FOREMOST. SAYING YOU CAN NOT PRAY OR READ YOUR BIBLE BECAUSE CHRIS DOES NOT DO IT WITH YOU IS AN EXCUSE. YOUR WALK WITH JESUS IS A ONE ON ONE RELATIONSHIP. SOMETHING THAT YOU KNOW YOU NEED FOR YOURSELF. YOUR OWN HEART, YOUR OWN MIND, AND YOUR OWN LIFE. AS FAR AS UNKIND STEP DAUGHTERS, THAT IS A HURTFUL THING, BUT WE ALL HAVE HURTFUL SELF-FOCUSED PEOPLE IN OUR LIVES. I LEARNED TO BE CIVIL WHEN IN THEIR PRESENCE. AND I LEARNED TO REFUSE TO LET HOW THEY BEHAVE OR HOW THEY ACT TO STEAL MY PERSONAL JOY AND HAPPINESS. IT IS NOT EASY AT FIRST. BUT THE MORE YOU DO SO, OVER TIME, THE LESS THEY ARE ABLE TO HURT YOU, MUCH LESS BOTHER YOU. SO STAY CLOSE TO JESUS. PRAY IT ALL UP AND JESUS WILL HELP YOU. YOU CAN NOT CHANGE CHRIS OR HIS DAUGHTERS, BUT JESUS CAN! SO GIVE CHRIS AND HIS DAUGHTERS TO JESUS AND LET JESUS DO WHAT ONLY HE CAN DO FOR THEM AND FOR YOU TOO!
praying for you Mianna. Faithy has some good advise. I know it can be hard to hear "live like Jesus" when it seems that person shouldn't be able to think more like Jesus then you do if they aren't gving Him the time you are---but the words harder to hear from the certain person delivering it may still be a message that could really help. Acting more like Jesus is always better for us than focusing on our hurt feelings and things of the past.