Suggestions: Pursue the truth about your prodigal. When you
discover it, don’t run away or hide from it. Face it head on with God’s help.
Try not to fall apart. If your problematic son or daughter is not willing to
face the truth, then decide on a course of action and stick to it. Consult
others who have experience in the area of your child’s difficulty. Plan an
intervention with friends or family to convince them of their need for
assistance. Pray and trust God. He is able to bring your wandering child back
home and turn this evil around and fashion good from it. Be patient and wait for God to act.
Dear Jesus,
I don’t understand any of this. I hoped
and prayed it wouldn’t come to this, but You chose not to answer my prayers.
Once again, I feel like the psalmist David. “My
God, my God, why have you forsaken Me? Why are you so far from helping mend
from the words of my groaning? O my God, I cry in the daytime, but you do not
hear; And in the night season, and am not silent” (Psalm 22:1-2). Lord, I did
not keep this pain away from You. I shared it and cried out to You. Please hear
me Lord and answer. Help me, Father, to deal with this.
Wake Ben up as
you have woken us up to his problem. O Lord, You sent Your son “to open the eyes
that are blind, to free captives from prison and to release from the dungeon
those who sit in darkness” (Isaiah 42:7). I pray You will do so—release Ben
from the powers that bind him and form his self-made prison. Release him from
the bondages of his addiction and the power he allowed Satan to have in his
life through drugs. In Jesus’ name. Amen.
Lessons Learned: While this
was a painful time, God did some needed surgery in my life. I went through a
lot of questioning and repenting. The Lord helped me come to grips with some of
my attitudes that were wrong. I should have let Holbrook have more control when
Ben was younger. It was difficult for me because I didn’t trust my husband’s
judgment on some things. It was challenging trying to determine the right course
of action. My husband had a lot of issues and problems of his own. Perhaps I
took too much of the upper hand and let Holbrook step out of the picture. All I
can do now is repent and try to respect him more.
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