I know my blog lately has been a bit off topic but this is part of the process of becoming a better me. I sure as heck don't want my blog to be all about failed diet attempts and exercises that make me want to vomit. :) No I want this blog to be about how I grow to understand what God wants me to do with my life. God's always is in control and I forget that a lot and he has a way of reminding me to stop and listen and take in and know him better.
Today I was expecting my sister Mollie to show up at the twelve o'clock service well.....I was let down almost crushed but then as I sat and listen to Pastor Roy give us the message it hit me like a ton of bricks. I can't put my faith in other people or even myself for that matter because I will constantly be let down only God is who I should trust. Not only that but I haven't reestablished a bond with my sister we've only talked on the phone so far. So meeting at the church after everything that she has been thru might be asking too much of her. Right now she is damaged goods she's hurting and trying to get her head on straight.
I was shocked to hear what she's been thru in the last eleven years. At age 15 she was sexually assaulted on a school bus after the incedent she dropped out of school she never told anyone what happened exactly and I wasn't going to make her tell me unless she wanted too. She also ran away from home. My Dad pretty much threw her out. She met her husband who is a few years older than her and had a baby at 17. His name is Andrew and from the phone calls I can tell you he is a handful of a two year old.
Our phone conversation shifted then to our father and all the stupid mistakes he has made and the lies and abuse he has inflicted on the family with his excessive drinking. I told Mollie that I forgave him along time ago but he doesn't want to talk with me. I told her the fight we had was so long ago I couldn't remember everything that was said but they were hurtful and degradeing things. I had my reasons for leaving I had never cried so hard in all my life. I was shattered by him over and over again and there is only so many times you can glue pieces back together before they turn to dust. She then told me about how our father is using her mother and living for free in her house up in Fountain. To this day I will never understand why my stepmother put up with all his crap and still does. Enough is enough and apparently soon very soon my father will be homeless. His drinking has gotten worse and his drug usage. All his money goes to fuel his habits by the middle of the month he has nothing left to pay the bills with. Why can't he see that he's killing himself along with his loved ones. It tears me up inside to think of how he is living. And he thinks there is nothing wrong with the way he lives. I pray everyday for God to help him to help this family.
By the end of the conversation on the phone I couldn't see because I had cried my contacts out of my eyes. She invited me to her little boys 2nd birthday party on Saturday the 26th at Frank Brown Park. When I told her there was no way I could make it due to work she started to think of ways that I could still make his party. She wants me there so badly she's willing to have it somewhere else completely. I told her not to go to all the trouble but she insisted. I'm a little weary of the party mainly because my father most likely will be there and he will be drunk I don't know if I'm strong enough yet to face him. I need lots of prayers as I continue this journey to rebuilding trust. Just put it this way I would rather stand naked in front of a crowd of people with poisonous snakes than be in a room with my Dad. This is so hard. I thank everyone as always for reading my blog and praying for me thru this.
wow Eve....know I will pray for you and your sister Mollie as you begin this journey of rebuilding your relationship. Keep in mind that "you can do ALL things, through Christ who gives you strength" Philippians 4:13...I love your blogs, as I feel I have also reconnected with you--will never forget the years that we were across the street neighbors...praying daily for you....
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