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Thank you so much for all your comments. I just never believed this would ever happen to me and my husband.We are both strong members of the Church.Temple going,full tithe payers,go to church every sunday and fulfill callings.We brought both of our boys up in the church and thought our kids would be ok. It's hard to see my friends who did the same thing we did and their children are following the gospel. Thanks God my youngest is strong in the gospel and preparing for a mission.

Dravin.Yes he is allowed home he just can't bring drugs,booze or cigarettes etc.... with him in our home. I have known about him doing these things while at college and i thought I made it clear that we can't stop him from doing these things but we will not have it in our home. Im thinking because we haven't harped on him for doing these things that he thought we must be alright with it. I wrote him and told him he is welcome back home but if he is to live in our house then he lives by our rules.

Thank You so much for your advice and concern.You have given me courage to stay my ground. Ive cried and cried he hasn't called me at all.Im grateful for all of your support.

My 20 year old son went to college this past year and has been making very wrong choices. One week he brought his girlfriend home but didn't throw away his open condom package,one week we found cigarettes,another week we found a Ouijji Board well yesterday we found pot. We told him he could not come home anymore if he didn't follow our rules. He told us we lost a son. Has anyone ever practiced Tough Love before because this is breaking my heart. I might have been able to deal with everything else but bringing drugs into my home was the final straw!

I was thinking about when Mormon was writing about how devestating the world was becoming and he even described things that were happening.Is there anywhere in the Bible where the apostles describe the downfall and could see the beginning of the fall? Thanks for all the help im recieving on this subject.

The reason Im asking this question is because I have to teach my primary class about it and these kids are smart cookies and are FULL of non stop questions so Ive got to be one step ahead of them and make sure I understand what Im talking about.Thanks for all your help.If there are any good ensign articles I would appreciate it.

You have to have a Prophet on earth to have the Keys to the Priesthood then?

Didn't Jesus's apostles keep passing the priesthood down to other people.Didn't his Apostles baptise others.Did God tell them to stop doing this?

If I just had a little break in between the trials and tribulations then I feel I could take a breathe and get a hold of somthing and hang on.It is a daily thing for my family,unbelievable things that happen to us nonstop. If I told you everything that happens to us you would shake your head and say"All that does not happen to that family"

What does it mean when someone bears their testimony and says "The gospel works in my life" I hear this all the time. What is suppose to work? Ive been a member all my life.I have a wonderful husband and we have raised our children in the church. We go to church every sunday.Have done all the callings we were asked to do.Pay full tithe,Go to the temple. Our lives have fallen apart. My oldest son denies there is a god.Has cursed god. Does not go to church anymore. My husband has tried and tried to get a better job and can't find one. I lost my job a couple of weeks ago. I got injured and had to go to the hospital with no insurance. We have now been takin to the credit bureau.Because we have been taken to the credit bureau no bank will give us a loan for my son to go to college. {that is why he was cursing god} We make to much money for fafsa to help us.This is just the latest that has happened to us.We have been though things like this all our life. Does anyone believe in curses?I do. So How does the gospel work? Im serious about this im so confused.

I know Im just horibly depressed.I lost my dad 6 months ago.Lost my son 4 nights ago. Im just sad.

I realise now the gospel doesn't work for everyone. We pay full tithing and we scrimp and borrow and go to the church for help. We forced our children to go to church and it back fired on us.My son HATES the gospel.I realized last night how unhappy the gospel has made me yet I still want to follow it out of fear i think. Because I have seen it work in others. After all these years of going to the temple and paying tithing and doing ALL the callings I have been asked, their are certain people that have a different destiny and have a different lot in life no matter what they do. Noone can convince me other wise.Yet I don't want to leave the church.Something keeps me there even if Im miserable in it.

I'm so afraid he will commit suicide. I am sick inside. Where is god? Where is the comfort i need inside.

I texted my son last and told him to call me and let me know he's alright.I got nothing back from him.I then texted him before I went to bed and told him I loved him. I got nothing back

Thank you all for the support I hate doing this. I hope he is alright.I feel sick.

The only thing that bothers me is Im worried he has no where else to go. Will he come back to abide by the rules?

My husband and i kicked our 19 year old out of the house last night.Im having a horrible time with this. My son was brought up in the church but has always hated the gospel. He has thrown fits and hit and punched walls in the house cusses like a sailor. We told him it's time to stop.He didn't stop. There is no peace in our home with him there. I hope I did the right thing.