Today, I called Teen Challenge and asked them if they would pick up the six chairs I used to have in my dining room. Here they came with a truck and they did it. The man in charge of them came with them and he watched carefully over them. The four guys got out of the truck and began to lift the chairs in and they took my old trash can also. I was surprised how handsome they were--they could have been students, ad salesmen, the world was out there for them. But somewhere along the way, they met a demon that overtook them and they now are trying to get away from addictions.
It is not easy. I think of Greg and Lynn and Autry and all the rest of the family who have met these demons....these are named; some are not. The demon of wanting everything you want without counting the cost has a price, if not a name. I shall pray for these young guys, if not by name, then by the choices they are facing every day. I wish them inordinate strength to deal with their demons and I hope they find something to hold on to moment by moment.
I went out to the truck and wished them the best for the day. I hope that they understood my message. They have to have God to hold on to, moment by moment. I learned that in going through my divorce--sometimes I forget that lesson when all is going okay.
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