THIS IS MY personal son's prayer request/story I mentioned on another prayer thread, even THOUGH I'd already written briefly about this situation as another prayer thread over a wekk ago; this is like an UPDATE I guess:
My eldest son (now 35) had a run-in with the law at age 19 and spent 5yrs in prison., horrific though that was I blamed myself in large part for having backslidden (from trini church) and my children along with me, since I wasn't taking them to church anymore. *sigh* Something I regret enormously.
Then once he got out, well he met a gal that was 'of the world' he married her took in her 3children from different marriages, and there were almost from the outset, problems in that marriage and in our relationship(s) with this gal., she did not support him as she should have in his wanting to return to the LORD, so that effort did not reach fruition even though they WERE married in an Apostolic church by an apostolic pastor of the church they had been visiting for quite some time. *she did so very hesitantly*
Long story short - they divorced just in the last 3yrs (time flies) and he is happy again with someone else MUCH nicer, and they have a 6mo. old precious child together right now; she's my first grandchild.,
BUT...here's the hideous part - the now ex-wife is furious that he did not want to reconcile with her and she promised to make his life miserable and make sure that he would return to prison "where you belong" (she said)., and now that she has recently found out that my son has a new relationship AND A CHILD?
Oh my! She is making good on her threatening promise I mentioined above and has filed a FALSE claim against him, a very SERIOUS felony type *I am kind of embarassed to even say what it is*, he is locked up even as I type this..and it is just a NIGHTMARISH time right now, its almost like a bad dream, or as my other son said, like a "horror movie".
The allegations are completely false, but she has managed to influence someone very impressionable to LIE for her., and the authorities have obviously decided to believe them enough to arrest him. My sons bail is sooo high we can't get him out..UNLESS a judge decides to lower it, we won't know this till the hearing next week., irregardless we don't have enough $$ we are desperate to raise money somehow.
We did find a good(?) lawyer and have given him some money down and made payment arrangements, even tho we have NO idea how we'll make those payments *sigh* yet the bail remains extremely high; He hasn't seen his baby girl in sooo long, I know its killin him., and she is also so depressed., my son had dreamt of having his own child for YEARS..and has been so happy about it finally coming true, now someone is trying to take this from him!!
Two days ago was his first ever Fathers Day and he had to view his daughter from across a glass window at jail!!
I've had to come from another city to stay with his fiancee and my granddaughter to help out in any way that I can., yet $$ is not one of those ways. I wish that I had more to offer., and we have been reduced to almost 'begging' anyone to contribute anything (all of our families, yet few have complied) to his "get free" fund.
My son told us from jail that once he gets out he has made up his mind to get baptized and marry this fiancee, mother of his daughter, whom is really a nice girl, they have been going to an apostolic church for months now, and he's been getting closer to getting baptized as HIS WORD says.
We KNOW that GOD must have a purpose in all this., yet our humanity is being tested, in that we are fighting varous emotions; not the least of which is trying NOT to hate this woman whom has traded her soul to the devil, for revenge against my son..and after all he put up with her, all that he forgave her for, yet she is doing this? It is almost too difficult to believe, how ANYONE can be so cruel, so dark, so cold., sooo......EVIL.
I cannot fathom losing my son again., and it'd be even worse for him to return to prison again, those same individuals of the prison gang are still there no doubt waiting to get THEIR revenge on him!! Its just awful, this whole thing., I have to fight tears a lot, trying to stay encouraged., reading the story that Sam posted I could relate to the wife crying her heart out as she watched her daughter drive away.
Our children no matter how old they get, STILL tug at our heart strings as they fight their way along their spiritual journey(s)., and I have two more sons also vulnerable to the wiles of the devil, although they ARE "saints". i pray for them consistently.
A parent bears all the pains of a child, it seems.
I would appreciate any/all prayers for my son as his hearing approaches, that he'd be able to get out on a bail that we can somehow swing (although at this moment it appears impossible)...moreover, that he would be vindicated, because he is 100percent innocent., we know this without any hesitation., anyone that knows him, would agree.
THANK YOU.
John 14:16 And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Counsellor to be with you for ever 17 The Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will be in you.
THis is a very serious time for us and its NOT easy to even speak of this, as there are many folks whom jump to conclusions and judgments., yet we also know that there are some whom Do care, even as I DO care for others times of turmoil. 
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