I was watching the news this morning showing the emotional reunion of the hostages and their families in Israel. It got me thinking. We have hostages right here in Del Norte County! I do not think there is a single family that is missing a loved one who has been taken hostage by drugs and/or alcohol.
I see it over and over again. Children that were once obedient to their parents are now defiant and act like they hate their parents. I see husbands and wives walk away from their spouses because of the lure of drugs and/or alcohol. I see families ripped apart because a parent has turned his or her back on their children in search of the next high. I see love and respect being replaced with hatred and hope is replaced with depression and hopelessness.
These people have been taken hostage by a lifestyle they cannot escape from without some type of intervention. They are hooked on a substance that they have convinced themselves they cannot live without.
I too am one of those families who have been affected by drugs. My heart hurts not only for my family but for yours! I look forward to the day each of us will be reunited with our loved ones.
If your life has been damaged because of drugs, I invite you to join me on a journey of prayer for our community. Please pray not just for your missing child/husband/wife/mother/father/aunt/uncle/sister/brother etc…. but pray for your neighbors also.
John 8:36 says, “If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.” Please join me in prayer for our community. We need Jesus Christ to free our community, to command our hostages be set free. Ask Jesus to remove the blinders from the hearts of our community and let our loved ones turn to Him and come home to us!
I look forward to your emotional reunion as well as my own!
That will I speak 