PRaP 7-18-2005

"Help, I Need Somebody"

How long do you wait to seek help in a situation? One second, one minute,
one year, five years? You have heard me speak and I have written about it
many times that God stands back away from chaos and turmoil. He will never
leave you or forsake you but He will not be involved in something that is
in turmoil. He cannot be in the presence of sin. God is the God of
healing, reconciliation, peace, love, and so on and so on. A young girl of
15 living a life of turmoil to the point that it destroyed a family finally
saw that she needs help. At 5 years old she started destroying things and
being rebellious towards her parents. These parents had two other children
besides her that were younger. This little girl did everything in her
power to make it a living hell for her family. The parents had her
admitted to psychiatric hospitals on numerous occasions and had her on
numerous medications to help her control her behavior. Some of these
medications even caused other health issues with this child. Well the
family split apart a little at a time until finally it was over. The mom
took the rebellious daughter and the dad kept the other two children.
After about 1 year the child began to stop taking her medication and she
began to get worse. More and more rebellious and started hanging with boys
and taking the risk of being hurt even more. The mother was perplexed and
didn't know what to do. So mom stood back and allowed the child to go
through the motions of her destruction. The child was actually going to
church and had accepted Christ but was not showing the signs of her
salvation at all. She would go to church to meet boys and do whatever she
wanted. Finally one hot summer evening when mom came home from work and
saw the child making out with an older boy things began to happen. Mom
took away privileges and the child went wild, yelling and screaming. Of
course this wasn't the first time it had happened this has been going on
for years. Mom did what she always does when these battles begin and locks
herself into her room for protection. The child said she was moving out
and mom said go ahead just leave the key to the apartment on the table.
This I think shocked the child. But she began packing anyway and stuffing
cards and notes under her moms door to try and hurt her mother with words.
The mom was just sitting there not saying anything and about 2 hours later
there was a soft knock on the door. "Mom can you please take me to the
hospital, I need help". The child had finally been awakened to the fact
that what was going on was wrong. She asked for help. We all know that is
the first step to healing. It took the little girl 10 years to finally get
to the breaking point and seeing that it wasn't mom's fault and it wasn't
dads fault and that she needed help if she was going to survive. The child
is now in the hospital getting the help she needs and the mom will be
getting counseling to get the help that she needs. Even though the damage
is done to the family and they will not be a family anymore. The healing
and forgiveness process can finally start. What is the point of all this?
Don't wait! Ask, seek, and knock.

PRaP Matthew 7:7-12