I just got off the phone with a friend of mine who’s trying to make good decisions about his sister, who is an alcoholic. He already lost one sister to alcohol and is trying to walk that fine line between helping and enabling. His heart is heavy with compassion and anger all at the same time.
His sister desperately needs God’s grace – as we all do. I’m convinced God is lavishing it upon her, but she hasn’t figured out that it’s there or how to receive it. Ironically, she’s closer to the font than most of us, if she can only trade-in her self-loathing for humility. That will take the transforming power of the Holy Spirit.
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