I have a step son who is 13. His real dad wants him to live with him. His dad is not Christian. Infact he is athiest. He is always telling this young man reasons not to buy into "ancient religions".
My step son decided to get baptised a few months ago. His dad got very angry with his mom and I. We did not push him to do so. He appraoched us and told us he planned to get baptised. His birth father thought he should have some say in this. We do not keep him out of his sons life (as much as we would like to) When it comes to faith however, we try to make sure he is taught The Word and the ways of The Lord.
So this summer he had to make a choice. Live with us or his birth father. In our state, after the age 12 it is up to the child where to live. We no longer can fight it in courts. His father made it clear to him he wanted him to live there. He put tons of preasure on him to choose between us.
His father tried to take full advantage of his weakness's of being young. He put a 41 inch TV in my sons roon over his house. He stayed with his father for 3 straight weeks and his dad refused to bring him to some church commitments he made. This was 3 straight weeks without family prayer, without church, and 3 weeks of living in a totally god-absent house.
before this becomes gossip, I will leave it at this. His dad showered him with gifts all summer. The TV was just the tip of the iceburg. He also Continued to speak against the bible and religion in general.
My step-son even told me that when his fahter bought him gifts, he would say comments like "Your mom is going to be so jealous she cant afford this".
This whole time all I did was pray. I prayed to Jesus to stay in my sons heart. I prayed that my son would continue to seek Jesus. I also prayed for his father, to get touch by the spirit and be a more godly role model.
My wife and I didnt put any preasure on my step son to live with us. We just continued to be our family. My wife and I have 4 children together as well as him. We knew the devil could have easily used this situation to harm us all spiritualy. For this reason we acted as normal as possible and prayed every night. Thats all we could do in this situation, pray that god would give him wisdom.
So the time came. My wife, my stepson and his birth father all sat down together. My son made it clear where he wanted to live. He chose to stay in my house, he would continue to see his father ever friday night saturday during the day. One week end a month he said he wanted to stay there friday through sunday. He even told his father he didnt want to miss more than one Sunday service a month.
This angered his dad. He stormed out and said stuff meant to put heavy guilt on my son.
On the way home he told my wife "I'd rather HAVE Jesus than have gifts anyday."
To hear that he said this makes me tear up with joy.
The kid struggles in school, misses home work assignments and sometimes seems lazy. I used to worry about him. However, I now have comfort in knowing god is touching him and he will turn out to be OK.
I PRAISE YOU JESUS, YOU ARE WORTHY!!!
My step son decided to get baptised a few months ago. His dad got very angry with his mom and I. We did not push him to do so. He appraoched us and told us he planned to get baptised. His birth father thought he should have some say in this. We do not keep him out of his sons life (as much as we would like to) When it comes to faith however, we try to make sure he is taught The Word and the ways of The Lord.
So this summer he had to make a choice. Live with us or his birth father. In our state, after the age 12 it is up to the child where to live. We no longer can fight it in courts. His father made it clear to him he wanted him to live there. He put tons of preasure on him to choose between us.
His father tried to take full advantage of his weakness's of being young. He put a 41 inch TV in my sons roon over his house. He stayed with his father for 3 straight weeks and his dad refused to bring him to some church commitments he made. This was 3 straight weeks without family prayer, without church, and 3 weeks of living in a totally god-absent house.
before this becomes gossip, I will leave it at this. His dad showered him with gifts all summer. The TV was just the tip of the iceburg. He also Continued to speak against the bible and religion in general.
My step-son even told me that when his fahter bought him gifts, he would say comments like "Your mom is going to be so jealous she cant afford this".
This whole time all I did was pray. I prayed to Jesus to stay in my sons heart. I prayed that my son would continue to seek Jesus. I also prayed for his father, to get touch by the spirit and be a more godly role model.
My wife and I didnt put any preasure on my step son to live with us. We just continued to be our family. My wife and I have 4 children together as well as him. We knew the devil could have easily used this situation to harm us all spiritualy. For this reason we acted as normal as possible and prayed every night. Thats all we could do in this situation, pray that god would give him wisdom.
So the time came. My wife, my stepson and his birth father all sat down together. My son made it clear where he wanted to live. He chose to stay in my house, he would continue to see his father ever friday night saturday during the day. One week end a month he said he wanted to stay there friday through sunday. He even told his father he didnt want to miss more than one Sunday service a month.
This angered his dad. He stormed out and said stuff meant to put heavy guilt on my son.
On the way home he told my wife "I'd rather HAVE Jesus than have gifts anyday."
To hear that he said this makes me tear up with joy.
The kid struggles in school, misses home work assignments and sometimes seems lazy. I used to worry about him. However, I now have comfort in knowing god is touching him and he will turn out to be OK.
I PRAISE YOU JESUS, YOU ARE WORTHY!!!
