I have prayed so often for you and your boys. I'm so sorry for this hard news. I believe as you do that God's plan is unfolding and He will comfort those who mourn. Steven sounds like an honorable man and I pray for God's goodness to unfold right in front of him.
You say, "Steven sounds like an honorable man."
Really?
He is a convicted drug dealer and sent to prison. An honorable man? What is a dishonorable man?
The Scriptures condemn stating that good is evil and evil is good.
It is an affront to the Spirit of God to let such a bold face lie go unchallenged.
We all need to remember that anyone of us is capable of doing anything given certain circumstances. Anything.
Agreed.
Octoberose just might be right, even though I stand with JFK. Octoberose said that "Steven
sounds like an honorable man". What makes him "sound" honorable? What his mother has written about him. To SOUND LIKE and BE SOMETHING are two very different things.
Definition of honorable:
HonŽor`a`ble Pronunciation: onŽ?r`ć`b'l
a. 1. Worthy of honor; fit to be esteemed or regarded; estimable; illustrious.
Thy name and honorable family.
- Shak.
2. High-minded; actuated by principles of honor, or a scrupulous regard to probity, rectitude, or reputation.
3. Proceeding from an upright and laudable cause, or directed to a just and proper end; not base; irreproachable; fair; as, an honorable motive.
Is this proceeding just and honorable?
- Shak.
4. Conferring honor, or produced by noble deeds.
Honorable wounds from battle brought.
- Dryden.
5. Worthy of respect; regarded with esteem; to be commended; consistent with honor or rectitude.
Marriage is honorable in all.
- Heb. xiii. 4.
6. Performed or accompanied with marks of honor, or with testimonies of esteem; as, an honorable burial.
7. Of reputable association or use; respectable.
Let her descend: my chambers are honorable.
- Shak.
8. An epithet of respect or distinction; as, the honorable Senate; the honorable gentleman.
Who knows Steven best but his mom? She's the most appropriate person to try to apply the above definition to her son and find out whether it is true of him OR not. What will it be?
As JFK clearly stated, a mother's love is something to contend with. But at the end of the day, a mother must make an honest assessment of her children, and call black 'black' and white 'white'.