Going to finally have that talk with my athiest mom...need all the prayers I can get!

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Well - today is the day. My flight leaves at 5:30pm. I hope to have the talk with them in the next couple of days. I’m scared to death. Scared that they won’t listen, scared they won’t care, and scared they won’t speak to me again afterward.

Thanks again for all your prayers - they mean more than you could possibly know.

I’ll be back on Sunday.

~Liza
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Draw upon your FAITH and TRUST in the lord. I had to do this last Friday, and was rewarded. Go without fear, for faith replaces fear. You are judged on whether or not you present the Gospel to them. They will be judged on whether or not they open their hearts to the truth. Honor them, as you are commanded to do. The love that Christ reveals through you will speak directly to their hearts.Call upon the Holy Spirit to teach you what to say, and when to say it. You will be fine. Saint Monica prayed for 20+ years and a sinful son became a Saint.

Christ’s PEACE.
 
Thank you - I really needed to hear that today.

I’m here now in NC - but we probably won’t be able to have “the talk” tonight. Her husband won’t be home till after 9pm, and we are so exhausted from working on getting ready for the estate sale all day in this HEAT which is just not normal. Will plan for tomorrow night, we should be more relaxed then, and not so tired and rushed.

Praying to the Holy Spirit constantly on this one. Please give me courage, wisdom, and patience.

~Liza
 
Praying for your family now!! I don’t know if it is the right thing to do since I have just become Catholic…but…I’ve been sprinkling my husbands side of the bed with Holy Water and I’ve even been known to drop a little in his coffee when he is in an ill mood… Can’t hurt!!
 
Well - as the Holy Spirit would have it, we actually did have “the talk” that night. It didn’t go very well, and I keep apologizing to God for not doing better. I’ll be able to give more detail when I return next week (I’m still here in NC) - but let’s just say that my mom still thinks that she’s right, and her husband just left the room when we started the conversation.

I can only continue to pray that I may have planted a tiny seed in her. It is my only hope. 😦

Thank you again to all of you!!! Your prayers are what have helped me through the conversation - as dismal as it was.

More on Monday…

~Liza
 
Anything you said could have planted a seed in your Mom. I’m praying for her tonight. Don’t try to second guess what you said. It is done. Now wait, maybe she will have questions for you.

God may the seed in this woman grow and hunger for more about you. Give her child the perfect words and the strength to know when to walk away. Lift the burden off of this person.
 
lizaanne said:
In a little less than two weeks I will be traveling to NC to help my mom do an estate sale for my grandma who is moving to a retirement community in AZ. My mom and her husband do not practice any faith that I am aware of. He has been marginally Buddhist in the past, but neither of them would ever consider themselves Christian. They feel very brow beaten by the Bible Beaters they encounter in the small NC town they live in, so are very anti-Christian. They are, however, very respectful of my Catholicism, which I get from my dad’s side of the family.

So anyway - while I’m there I’m going to finally have the big talk with them that they need to consider the eternal state of their souls, and that I am very worried that they may never end up in heaven.

Please pray for me, and for all of us. My mom does tend to lock me out when I start to talk about religion, I can even feel her body tense over the phone if it ever comes up. I will need all the help I can get. These are very good people - but they just don’t get it that there really is more to it than only that.

Thanks to All,

~Liza
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My prayers are certainly with you, my dear! My mum’s own religion is a rather odd blend of Christianity and weird psychic medium… stuff, so at some point I have to have the same chat with her - I wait with interest to hear how your chat goes.

God bless!
 
lizaanne said:
Well - as the Holy Spirit would have it, we actually did have “the talk” that night. It didn’t go very well, and I keep apologizing to God for not doing better. I’ll be able to give more detail when I return next week (I’m still here in NC) - but let’s just say that my mom still thinks that she’s right, and her husband just left the room when we started the conversation.

I can only continue to pray that I may have planted a tiny seed in her. It is my only hope. 😦

Thank you again to all of you!!! Your prayers are what have helped me through the conversation - as dismal as it was.

More on Monday…

~Liza
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Well, you spoke the truth with charity and God saw that. Turns out that some bad ideas (atheism), like demons, are cast out only through prayer. Many times we think we can talk someone into a change of heart. Let God take over. They cannot resist Him! Spend some quality knee time.

Christ’s peace.
 
Thanks to all of you! I’m back home now, and still trying to recover from working my butt off in the NC heat all week.

Well - the long and short of it is that she believes we are all just a mistake in the universe. She think that if there is such a thing as Heaven that she is a good person and will end up there because of that. I tried to tell her there is more to it than that.

Without trying to recount a two hour conversation and bore you to death, suffice it to say that we touched on the Crucifixion, the Trinity, Eucharist, Original Sin, Confession, where do you get your hope if you are just a mistake in the universe, and God only remembers what else we covered. I can only pray that I planted a seed, though her husband who is a kinda-sorta Buddhist, will probably un-do anything I tried to do. 😦

Thank you again for all your prayers - I will continue to always pray for her, and the green scapular under her livingroom rug can’t hurt either. 😉

~Liza
 
God bless you for trying. That and more prayer are all you can do. Hopefully you DID plant a seed!
 
You got it…you and your mother are in my prayers.

God bless,
Bryan
lizaanne said:
In a little less than two weeks I will be traveling to NC to help my mom do an estate sale for my grandma who is moving to a retirement community in AZ. My mom and her husband do not practice any faith that I am aware of. He has been marginally Buddhist in the past, but neither of them would ever consider themselves Christian. They feel very brow beaten by the Bible Beaters they encounter in the small NC town they live in, so are very anti-Christian. They are, however, very respectful of my Catholicism, which I get from my dad’s side of the family.

So anyway - while I’m there I’m going to finally have the big talk with them that they need to consider the eternal state of their souls, and that I am very worried that they may never end up in heaven.

Please pray for me, and for all of us. My mom does tend to lock me out when I start to talk about religion, I can even feel her body tense over the phone if it ever comes up. I will need all the help I can get. These are very good people - but they just don’t get it that there really is more to it than only that.

Thanks to All,

~Liza
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The seeds that are planted in the name of Jesus cannot be un-done by her husband nor any other person. God’s power cannot be defeated. I pray that you will see a great return on your investment of time and effort to bring your mother to the light. Jesus, touch the mind and heart of this mom and bring her into your light. Heal the heart of her daughter and give her peace about her mother… In Jesus name I pray…Amen.
 
lizaanne said:
Thanks to all of you! I’m back home now, and still trying to recover from working my butt off in the NC heat all week.

Well - the long and short of it is that she believes we are all just a mistake in the universe. She think that if there is such a thing as Heaven that she is a good person and will end up there because of that. I tried to tell her there is more to it than that.

Without trying to recount a two hour conversation and bore you to death, suffice it to say that we touched on the Crucifixion, the Trinity, Eucharist, Original Sin, Confession, where do you get your hope if you are just a mistake in the universe, and God only remembers what else we covered. I can only pray that I planted a seed, though her husband who is a kinda-sorta Buddhist, will probably un-do anything I tried to do. 😦

Thank you again for all your prayers - I will continue to always pray for her, and the green scapular under her livingroom rug can’t hurt either. 😉

~Liza
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Keeping in prayer…
 
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