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<blockquote data-quote="JayPee" data-source="post: 749564" data-attributes="member: 23405"><p>I think we need to grieve the loss of which we always hoped we'd have. It's part of my problem of enabling.</p><p>I remember my sons and the good times and laughter, the good boys they were and it's hard to forget that as mothers even when they do the wrong things.</p><p></p><p>I pray all the time for them but also know that...The purpose of prayer is less to obtain what we ask than to "Become someone else". When we ask God for something, He transforms us, little by little, into people capable of sometimes doing without what we ask for. </p><p></p><p>I have definitely seen this to be the case in my life. I prayed for 30 yrs. for my ex-husband to get sober. He still is not but in the interim God has changed me. I've been transformed, little by little even though I didn't get what I prayed for. Perhaps, this will be the case with my sons too.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JayPee, post: 749564, member: 23405"] I think we need to grieve the loss of which we always hoped we'd have. It's part of my problem of enabling. I remember my sons and the good times and laughter, the good boys they were and it's hard to forget that as mothers even when they do the wrong things. I pray all the time for them but also know that...The purpose of prayer is less to obtain what we ask than to "Become someone else". When we ask God for something, He transforms us, little by little, into people capable of sometimes doing without what we ask for. I have definitely seen this to be the case in my life. I prayed for 30 yrs. for my ex-husband to get sober. He still is not but in the interim God has changed me. I've been transformed, little by little even though I didn't get what I prayed for. Perhaps, this will be the case with my sons too. [/QUOTE]
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