Prayer for myself

[Pam]

I am asking for prayer for myself. I have been harboring a bitter and resentful spirit which I cannot seem to get rid of no matter how much I pray about it. It all has to do with my son and his girl friend. Due to things that I know about her, I feel she is using my son and he cannot see it and will not listen to me. Since he lives with us with his little boy, she is at my house every day from the time she gets off work until it's time to go home to bed. On the weekends, she is here all day and all evening. We do not talk to each other either. My son is very protective of her and always takes her side in anything. I seem to always be the "bad guy". At some point in time, he will eventually find out she is not the person he seems to think she is. In the meantime, I need a lot of prayer to not feel bitter and resentful towards her and my son (because he always sticks up for her). It is useless to try and talk to my son about her because it will end up in a shouting match - of which I always back down because I do not want to fight him about her. I feel that if I am loving and nice to her (which I don't feel) that she and my son will think I'm okay with their relationship. They have lived together in the past in an unmarried state. I do not agree with that. Right now, he seems to be paying for meals out somewhere to feed her and her little boy (from her previous marriage) and doing whatever he can to make sure she is happy while his bills so unpaid. Her little boy calls my son, Daddy, and my husband and I, Papa and Nana. I do not agree with this as my son is not his dad and we are not his grandparents. This whole thing is involved more than I can say here, but I just ask that you pray for me about my bitterness and resentment, that I might get wisdom from the Lord on how to handle this situation and that my son's eyes would be opened up. In the past when she has broken up with him (twice), he has basically gone off the deep end. I'm afraid of the next time and what it will do to him and I foresee it happening at some point down the road.

Your prayers for us and this situation are much coveted.

[Brother Ben]

Blessing, peace, and wisdom, to you, sister. How hard this is. We have had to be in "similar" (not same,) situation. Pray for the Lord to open his eyes. We will too.

Ben and Darlene

[michelle]

Praying for your situation and your heart towards it.

[Tammy]

Hard, hard situation. I pray God will give you His wisdom, grace and peace. Set your eyes on Him. In what ways can you serve and honor Him through this situation?

[Pam]

Still feeling a little resentful but also humble. This girl and her little boy need to be out of her residence that she shares by the end of this week. She has nowhere else to go and no money saved up to get a place yet. Even though I was adamant that I would not let her move back in here (she has been here before), I offered my home for 30 days to give her a chance to save up some money to get a new place. She has to sleep on a different floor level than my son because I will not have them sleeping together, but I feel I have done the Godly thing by offering (once again) to help. There are some house rules that need to be adhered to as well, but at least I can say with a good conscience that when she had nowhere to go, I did not refuse to help her.

[michelle]

Just prayed for the situation