bobinfaith
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Hello brothers and sisters;
My wife and I never had children and will never know what it's like to be a Dad or Mom. Fortunately we are surrounded by nephews and nieces from our sibling's children. Most of them are grown up with one niece who is 8 years old.
I was watching a disturbing program about a husband and wife who had a serious drug addiction to methamphetamine and marijuana. Their son was born with an addiction. The husband and wife both went into a 1 year rehabilitation. Upon completion they divorced. The boy lived with the husband's mother (grandmother.)
Today the boy is 5 years old. Between the husband (and his new wife,) ex wife and grandmother, the visitation time between the 3 of them is a strain.
I feel the child is the one who suffers the most. What I found most disturbing is the boy was born with an addiction.
My question is, does anyone have a testimony and know of a similar situation? Did the child overcome the born addiction? Was there a successful ending?
Or, did this go on with the child for years?
For 20 years I visited and ministered to men in a recovery center, and families who had a member with a dependency problem. But I never experienced the magnitude of a born child addiction from the program I watched. It was disturbing knowing the child suffered the most.
James 5:15, 15 And the prayer offered in faith will make the sick person well; the Lord will raise them up. If they have sinned, they will be forgiven. - NIV
Isaiah 49:25, 25 For thus says the Lord: “Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken, and the prey of the tyrant be rescued, for I will contend with those who contend with you, and I will save your children. - ESV
Thoughts?
bobinfaith
My wife and I never had children and will never know what it's like to be a Dad or Mom. Fortunately we are surrounded by nephews and nieces from our sibling's children. Most of them are grown up with one niece who is 8 years old.
I was watching a disturbing program about a husband and wife who had a serious drug addiction to methamphetamine and marijuana. Their son was born with an addiction. The husband and wife both went into a 1 year rehabilitation. Upon completion they divorced. The boy lived with the husband's mother (grandmother.)
Today the boy is 5 years old. Between the husband (and his new wife,) ex wife and grandmother, the visitation time between the 3 of them is a strain.
I feel the child is the one who suffers the most. What I found most disturbing is the boy was born with an addiction.
My question is, does anyone have a testimony and know of a similar situation? Did the child overcome the born addiction? Was there a successful ending?
Or, did this go on with the child for years?
For 20 years I visited and ministered to men in a recovery center, and families who had a member with a dependency problem. But I never experienced the magnitude of a born child addiction from the program I watched. It was disturbing knowing the child suffered the most.
James 5:15, 15 And the prayer offered in faith will make the sick person well; the Lord will raise them up. If they have sinned, they will be forgiven. - NIV
Isaiah 49:25, 25 For thus says the Lord: “Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken, and the prey of the tyrant be rescued, for I will contend with those who contend with you, and I will save your children. - ESV
Thoughts?
bobinfaith
