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ORIGINAL: Gracebeliever

Please pray that God would help me to cope with my wife's over bearing family. I have had to put up with a lot of stuff from them over the years but now it has all come to a head. Yesterday, my wife's sister called and railed on her for not giving them money for rent that has been past due and would not let up. I told her (my wife's sister) that it wasn't any of her business and that it was between her parents and us, and she had no right jumping on her about that. Well needles to say, she, my wife's sister, blew up at me and told me straight out what they all think of me.
I always knew they never really liked me and now it's all out in the open. What bothers me though is the fact that they could not speak to us about our problem paying the rent at this time ( I made a promise to get it payed up as soon as we can starting next payday) they (wife's mom and dad) had to complain to her sister and put her in our business, something that should not have been done. If they were so bad off and needed their money I would have tried to get them payed back as soon as I could but the fact is they are doing very well and are not hurting for any thing, (he's a pastor at a church and has a large salary. He also draws a pig pension from the job he used to work at. They live at the church and have no bills to pay. we pay the light bill,gas bill and phone bill here to keep them all turned on in his name so he won't have to go through the trouble of having everything turned off and on again if they decide to move back.) In other words, we are helping them as much, if not more than they are helping us. But now I want out of this deal and want to find another place for us to live as being here is only making things more stressful for me and my family.
What bothers me the most about all this is the fact that they, wife's family, seem to care more about $$ than they do about relationships. He is a very covetous and greedy man and will try and take advantage of anyone he can if he thinks he could get away with it. He has done this sort of thing to me before and I have lost respect for him even though he is a pastor. His children are the same except for my wife, who is not greedy for gain as they all are. His eldest daughter works seven days a week chasing after money all the time because she thinks having money is the most important thing in life. Her brother is the same way. He and his wife live only for dollars and care about nothing else except their own sinful pleasures and what they can get out of life. This is suppose to be a "Christian" family and try so hard to put on an act for all the outside world to see.I have seen first hand the hypocroisy of this family and their meaness. I ask that you please pray God will help me to cope and know what I should do. Pray also if it be God's will that He will help us get out of here and find a better place to live. I need a better jonb at this time to make this possible. Please pray for God to help me. Thanks.

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ORIGINAL: tbrobinson


Father I pray for wisdom and peace for Gracebeliever and his wife.
May you give them guidance and direction in their search for a new place to live, and help it to be a better place, one filled with love and support.
We pray for peace in the family, that your spirit would calm ruffled feathers, and jangled nerves, and draw the family together.
We ask that you help Gracebeliever find a new job to faciliate some of these moves.
In Jesus name we pray,

Amen