This is one of the hardest things to do in the life of a Christian. We desperately want only the best for someone…and we think we have the power & persuasion to change them. But the sad reality is, we can’t change people, only God can. Yet we persist. And this can very easily morph into enabling that person. What starts out as making excuses in order to support this person, changes over time into allowing & justifying problematic and self-destructive behaviors under the guise that we’re helping them. A very wise Pastor once told me, “You can be responsible to someone, but not for them.” And as difficult as it may seem, there’ll come times when we’ll have to lay that person at the foot of the Cross and allow God to work.
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