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Were we the Laborers sent? Please Pray

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Posted by: Genna

Good morning all. I’m sorry to come to you today with this burden; however, my family and I are in desperate need of serious heartfelt prayer. Last night Raymond came home and said to our children have a seat, we need to talk. I carried on doing the laundry paying close attention to what it was he was saying to them. He began his long winded speech with “Today I got a letter from Social Services telling me that your afraid of being kicked out of the home, well understand this is YOUR home always, what goes on between your mom & I is just that between us, should you care to leave when she does is on you” and he went on… Our youngest, Nicole, went into a rage and began telling him what an unfit father he has been, how he is careless and self centered. How he continues to put everyone before his own family, how in a “blink of an eye” you changed, how unfair he has and continues to be, mean, hateful, resentful… I’m sure you get the picture.



Our son asked Raymond “How are you feeling right at this very moment” Ray’s Reply: “Hurt” (Mind you he had just been informed by our daughter that she hated him) “Dad do you know God?” Ray’s reply (Sarcastically) “Not personally” With tears rolling down our children’s faces our son went on to say “well I’m sure that you know that God is capable of changing anyone, Look at mom, look how God has changed her, he can change you too Dad if only you would let him” Raymond said it has nothing to do with your mom, how she looks, what she wears, how she takes care of you guys, our house, the laundry… it has to do with the fact that I just don’t love her anymore. Our son said Dad, your saying things about mom that are not true, even when we are angry at you and we go to mom to vent she always tells us “That’s your father, you have to respect him, I know your angry, but I also know you love him so please show some respect” Dad if she was out to hurt you do you think she would tell us these things? Besides how can she say or do anything against you when we are ALWAYS with her and we KNOW all she ever does is PRAY for YOU!!! With that Raymond took the Father’s day ring we gave him 4 years ago and tossed it to our son and said “here, you can have this I don’t want it anymore” Our children were shocked and said “WHY?” he said it reminds me of your mother and besides it doesn’t fit anyways, its too big” They both said in stereo, get it sized and he said no, I just don’t want it, it looks like a wedding band. You keep it, its yours.



By this time I had sat down on the back of the Love seat and was sobbing as our children, Raymond's “Number 1 priority” poured out their hearts. Many many things were said that I can’t even go into for time reasons. Our daughter informed her father that he has lied to our family and “lying is supposed to be the one thing you hate more than anything in the whole wide world dad and you lie to us every single day!” Raymond did admit that he has not treated his family well in the last year, that he has done “his own thing” as he wanted to and that he was “Freaking sorry all right!” Nicole went on to tell him “Dad incase you have forgot, our family is not just me, you, brother and Sasha, its mom too like it or not Mom is OUR family, she is the Glue that holds OUR family together, there is 5 of us Dad, 5 NOT 4 but 5 so that’s something YOU need to get over”



Warriors our children cried and cried so much last night that I think they may have dehydrated themselves! Not to mention that all of this took place only an hour before we were supposed to leave for our son’s councilor appointment! Nicole did most of the speaking, (Screaming to be exact) she told him that incase he forgot, he has 3 children not just 1, she told him that he lied and has never loved them, never cared about them and that she heard him tell me that they were accidents. Raymond stood there speechless; head dropped looking at the floor. Eventually he responded with “If I didn’t love you would I pay for your doctors? Buy you Christmas gifts? Allow you to live here? NO If I didn’t love you I would have walked away rather than stay with your mom, I wouldn’t have been there the day you were born, I wouldn’t have seen your every birthday, your every Christmas, Thanksgiving, Easter, school choir…if I didn’t love you Nikki I wouldn’t be standing here being abused by a 13 year old Nicole” She said I’m 14 Dad, see you don’t even know… shows you how much you REALLY care!



Our Children said other things, which at this moment I’m at a loss for. Raymond kept on mentioning the court date, which I had postponed from today to January 11. I served Raymond as instructed by the courts however; he took the unopened envelope and threw it on my bed. So by now, I’m sure that he has already left work, went to court (only to learn that it was postponed) and has returned to work REALLY ANGRY with me.



He went on to tell our children that “Because of your mother I’m on probation for the next year of my life, which means that if I even brush by her she can call the police and have me arrested for assault and I’ll go to jail for the remainder of my probation” Nicole said Dad, do you really think mom would do that to you? She loves you and would never hurt you! How blind are you Dad? Can’t you see? Look at her, do you think she fasts, prays, cries, prays and hey did I mention PRAYS for you for nothing? No it’s because she loves you and you’re just too stupid to see it!”



With that I interrupted (because we were now ½ hour away from our scheduled appointment, which takes 25 minutes to get too from home) and said may I say something? He said go for it Genna. So I said “Raymond your children love you, they spend more time asking me things like “Do you think Dad thinks of us when he is not home? Do you think anything he’s seen today has reminded him of us? Do you think he is ok? Do you think he wishes he was here right now?” I said Raymond your children Love you more than you could every imagine, these kids pray for YOU, they fast for YOU, they know that the road your on wont get you to heaven and they want to make sure that when they die, YOU’LL be in heaven waiting for them” “I’ve heard our children pray Raymond, I’ve heard them say Dear God please fix our family, please help my dad, please bring dad to you God, even if you cant fix our home fix our dad God Please” for your birthday THEY bought you a bible, I’ve told them you know the Lord, they thought that maybe just maybe instead of picking up your cell phone to talk to someone not serving the Lord, you’d pick up YOUR bible and read it. I said Raymond you KNOW we love you, you know I love you, you know I’d die right here right now if God told me to, please Don’t do this to us, please. At that very moment he turned to us and said ok I’m done and walked out the door, leaving the 3 of us in tears to function. We made it to the councilor’s appointment on time with my son in his pajamas (By the grace of God) and while I was sitting in the waiting room Raymond texted me with the following message: “NO REPLY NEEDED, let Ray and Nicole’s councilor’s know that if they need me 4 a sit down to let me know, not you the councilor” (in other words if they want to see him they have to call him directly, I’m not to pass along the message.



People I beg of you, please drag Raymond before the King of Kings, petition the heavens on our behalf, My miracle MUST be close if we are under this much attack! Please my children are hurting, I’m hurting, and Raymond is hurting (I could see it in his eyes) Please ANY and ALL prayers that you would say, type or anything would be so appreciated. I want to show our children that others ARE standing in the gap for our family, just as we do for theirs.



On a side note: Nicole asked me for my anointing oil last night after the appointment and she and I went around our home room by room anointing every window, door and Raymond's sleep location of choice and prayed for his salvation and change of heart… HUGE step for her HUGE



Thank you all… Love you guys and I don’t know where I’d be without you praying for us!




Posted by: JeriRose12

Is Raymond doing any kind of physical violence to you? It is OK to love him, but not to let him come into your home if that is the case. (Based on this: He went on to tell our children that “Because of your mother I’m on probation for the next year of my life, which means that if I even brush by her she can call the police and have me arrested for assault and I’ll go to jail for the remainder of my probation”).... You can love him and still set boundries and refuse to let him in your home if he is hurting you or the children.

Dear Lord, I pray that You will save Rayomond to the uttermost! I pray he will see the error of his ways. Convict him by Your Holy Spirit with Godly sorrow leading to repentance unto salvation. I pray that he will love the Lord his God with all his heart, soul, mind and strength and love his neighbor (wife and children) as himself.

Father, send healing to this family. I pray that each member in this family will seek WHOLENESS IN YOU. I pray they are WHOLE as individuals, not expect their Dad or husband to make them whole. Let them release Raymond from all responsibility of making them happy or satisfied. Let them find all happiness and satisfaction in You alone. No person can ever do for us what only YOU can, and I pray that they are coming to YOU ALONE for their fulfillment. Let them seek YOU, not a healed family. Let them love the Lord their God, with all their heart, soul, mind and strength (YOU FIRST) and love their neighbor (Raymond?Dad) as themselves.

I pray and ask all this, in Jesus Name, amen.

~JeriRose~
Finding YOU in 2005


Posted by: Genna

No Raymond has never been physically violent towards any of us, I would not allow that. He is verbal and mentally abusive, especially towards me. The Lord is First and foremost in my mind and heart. I spend multiple multiple hours daily in prayer and just plain out talking to my heavenly father. He really is the only one who is willing to listen to me with an honest heart. He knows my heart and therefore knows I'm speaking the truth when others look at me with doubt.

Raymond is the love of my life and I will never stop loving him, I have put him completely in Gods hands and I'm just sitting back waiting for the Lord to do something in the physical that I can see.
Thank you for praying for us, we do appreciate each and every prayer. Raymond is honestly a Great man, who I know is trapped, but he WILL be released, this I have been promised!
Again please keep us before the throne
Love and prayers
Genna
IN THE CENTER OF EVERY PRAYER IS RAY! Loving and praying you home EVERY day babe!