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For years now I have tried to help my middle child straighten out her life. The involvement with drugs and poor choices of men as well as friends was a never ending cycle. In and out of prison and jail for the last 5 yrs. took it's toll on me. I have been raising her child and am currently going for full custody. I tried to help her get on her feet many,many times to no avail. She got off parole in Feb. and I really hoped she would get her act together and try to get stable so she could get her daughter back someday. today I found out that she was using again. She will not do anything to help herself and I am terrified that she will end up dead. Over the years I have done everything I can think of to save her but nothing has worked, so I now have to concentrate on my grandchild. Today I am handing her over to the Lord. I had to get to the point of throwing up my hands and saying "okay Lord she's your, thy will be done" It was the hardest thing for a parent to do, because we want to make everything better. I will pray everyday for her, but I have to accept whatever God chooses to do and sometimes it is a scary thing, but I have to keep reminding myself to remain strong in my faith. May the Lord watch over her and keep her from harm.
Now what I will propose to you is this, and it may sound crazy if its a foreign concept to you, but it works.... CALL THINGS AS YOU WANT THEM TO BE... CALL THEM INTO BEING... don't call your daughter an addict, call her delivered out of addiction. You know that the strongholds of addiction are not Gods will for her, so thank Him for His will and for His faithfulness and ability to bring His will into being! I thank you Lord that sunnis daughter is delivered from addiction... Thank Him that it already is.
Now you may say, but that isn't true... but hold back those thoughts and consider this...
God lives right now without the perameters of time... He is omnipresent, which doesn't just mean that he is RIGHT NOW in ALL places... but also in all times... He is RIGHT NOW IN our futures... He knows what is going to happen in the future because He is already there! So by calling things that be not as they are, you are speaking to the presence of God in that future time when what you are calling out will be supported by evidence... but speaking it NOW in faith that Gods will be done empowers you to bring it into being by faith. Remember that faith is the evidence of things not seen. Thank Him based on your faith in His ability, not based on your ability to understand how He will do it, or on the apparent likeliness of it... don't wait for the evidence to thank Him.... Thank Him NOW in faith that He not only can do it, but that He WILL do it... and that He has already done it... now its just a matter of patiently waiting for the timeline and the evidence to align with the truth of His goodness. Thank God that she is saved, that she is a child of God, that she is developing in her faith and identity with her heavenly father, Thank Him that he is putting people in her path to bring her home to Him, Thank him that the devil is a defeated foe, that the strongholds of the devil are no match for Him, that they are broken in Jesus name!
Dont be terrified that she will end up dead. For God has not given us a spirit to fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind (2 tim 1:7). Fear is not from God, so just rebuke it. Its satans way, and its the worlds way, but its not Gods way. Don't speak the fear or you give it power over you and you let the enemy know that his attacks are working. When you feel frightful, just silently offer it to God, and let Him replace it with His undying peace. One thing is for certain. All of our children are mortals. Don't focus on fearing their physical end, just keep praying for their spiritual life to be renewed in Christ, for Godly influences to cross their paths, and for yourself to be guided by and filled with His wisdom as to what your part is and how to do it... Thank God that your daughter is a good girl, that she is loved by God and finds favor with both God and men.
Don't speak the problems, just offer them to God in silence, and speak His promises for your children.
Has she received the Lord, at any time? even as a child?
I will pray for you, and for her, that you will both receive exactly what He knows you each need.