Is there someone in your life that has lost their way? Maybe they’ve lost their way so many times, there’s a well worn path down the road to nowhere but they insist on traveling it anyway. Whether it’s a daughter with a drug addiction, a cousin with a gambling issue, a husband with a sexual addiction, a sister who throws up after every meal, or a dad who has an uncontrollable anger issue, there are people who are hurting. These walking wounded people who are consistently making poor choices that affect not only themselves but everyone who loves them.
These people who seem hell bent on destroying themselves and everyone around them usually have friends and family who love them…people who plead, pray, hope, enable, and cry in despair.
And, still, there is no change. Still, there is no righting the wrong in their lives and saving themselves.
And so we drown with them. We can’t breathe in the deep water as we live in the emotional world characterized by great hope that is inevitably followed by great disappointment. We sink a little deeper every time. Every time, the sadness cuts another slash right across our heart and yet we continue to plead, pray, hope, enable and cry in despair.
Why do we always have hope? I imagine some believe God can make all things possible. I imagine others believe that those people we love and drown with will suddenly have an epiphany and begin to love and respect themselves better. I imagine that with every new sunrise, we have gained the strength to say, “I can drown with them one more day because I love them too much to not try to save them.” Every once in awhile, the dawn of a new day will bring about hope and we bask in that warmth until the bitter cold of nightfall reminds us that we’re still in the water, still fighting for air and our heads are still being pushed deeper into dark depths by the people we love the most.
How long can we drown with someone? As long as it takes? Until we can’t resurface anymore and just give in to the water filling our lungs? Until …. until…. until?
See you tomorrow….just a sunrise away.
Amy
So true. It isn’t until we realize that we do not have the power to save anyone and that God is the only one that can change a heart… if and only IF that person chooses to. Then we will have the peace of God within us. Live Abundantly Blessed Sweet Friend. I love you. <3
Wow Amy, how I can relate to this. I have learned while treading water that God is my only hope for those people in my life that I plead, pray, hope, enable and cry in dispair for. Although I’ll never give up or lose hope I have learned to lay them at the feet of Jesus…. this includes me. Thank you for sharing.