Comments on: for the least of these http://bibledude.net/2007/08/for-the-least-of-these/ real. relevant. faith. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 23:25:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: @bibledude http://bibledude.net/2007/08/for-the-least-of-these/comment-page-1/#comment-3219 @bibledude Wed, 24 Feb 2010 07:30:34 +0000 http://bibledude.net/WordPress/?p=22#comment-3219 This is an amazing story of love and compassion! It is obvious that something like this requires a great level of commitment, and I applaud your efforts to make a difference in this young lady's life! <br><br>I will certainly join you in praying for this woman and her children. Regardless of what the final outcome is with her relationship with God, you need to know that you are doing some amazing work. Ultimately each person has to make the decision for themself, but I cannot help but to think that God is pleased with your efforts.<br><br>Thanks for sharing this! I may have to talk more about this in another post, and I'd love to refer to some of what you shared here. Thanks! This is an amazing story of love and compassion! It is obvious that something like this requires a great level of commitment, and I applaud your efforts to make a difference in this young lady's life!

I will certainly join you in praying for this woman and her children. Regardless of what the final outcome is with her relationship with God, you need to know that you are doing some amazing work. Ultimately each person has to make the decision for themself, but I cannot help but to think that God is pleased with your efforts.

Thanks for sharing this! I may have to talk more about this in another post, and I'd love to refer to some of what you shared here. Thanks!

]]> By: karenbabb http://bibledude.net/2007/08/for-the-least-of-these/comment-page-1/#comment-3217 karenbabb Tue, 23 Feb 2010 05:42:26 +0000 http://bibledude.net/WordPress/?p=22#comment-3217 I have a similar situation that I am dealing with. I met this lovely, young lady almost ten years ago when I worked at an addiction rehab for mothers. After I quit working there, we reconnected, and have built a strong relationship. I love her and her twelve yr old autistic son like they were family. This friend is suffering from ptsd and also multiple personality because of horrible sexual, physical, and phycological abuse all of her life. She was also tortured by her parents while her mother read the Bible out loud. They told her as a young child that she was evil and they were "cleansing" her, and driving out the demons. That she has any mind, plus love and compassion left in her is a mystery to me and proof of a loving God. I have been very close to her since July 2009, and in this time she has completely given up drugs and prostitution. She is attending therapy regularly and taking her prescribed medications. She has also broken off all contact with her father. She still talks to her mother some, and I am praying that God will soon handle that situation for her too, because it is very stressful for her. She was also raped by her grandfather and her uncle. <br><br>She had a daughter, that was her father's child, and a son, that was her uncle's child. She was driven to give her daughter up for adoption in order to protect her from her family. She still grieves over her daughter, but she knows she did the best thing possible for her and hopes one day to meet her grown up daughter. She loves both her children dearly and is a very good mother to her son. Even though he is austic, she has done an excellent job getting him early intervention and he does well now at school. He is in a special education class, but he won the spelling bee in his class. <br><br>My biggest concern for her now is, she is so afraid of God. It's been very hard for me to even talk to her about God or Jesus without scaring her. Nine years later, she and I have done a few small, simple bible studies. She seems to enjoy it. She's truly curious about God now, but she will not try to pray. She keeps telling me that she wants to be doing good before she talks to God. She doesn't want to feel like she's just going to Him, because she needs something now. I've tried explaining to her that God doesn't mind, but I am having to let her go at her own pace. I pray for her daily and for her son and daughter. <br><br>I have to admit, it's not been easy all of the time, but very rewarding! I pray to live long enough to see this lovely woman become a child of God and find some peace and joy in her life. I have a similar situation that I am dealing with. I met this lovely, young lady almost ten years ago when I worked at an addiction rehab for mothers. After I quit working there, we reconnected, and have built a strong relationship. I love her and her twelve yr old autistic son like they were family. This friend is suffering from ptsd and also multiple personality because of horrible sexual, physical, and phycological abuse all of her life. She was also tortured by her parents while her mother read the Bible out loud. They told her as a young child that she was evil and they were “cleansing” her, and driving out the demons. That she has any mind, plus love and compassion left in her is a mystery to me and proof of a loving God. I have been very close to her since July 2009, and in this time she has completely given up drugs and prostitution. She is attending therapy regularly and taking her prescribed medications. She has also broken off all contact with her father. She still talks to her mother some, and I am praying that God will soon handle that situation for her too, because it is very stressful for her. She was also raped by her grandfather and her uncle.

She had a daughter, that was her father's child, and a son, that was her uncle's child. She was driven to give her daughter up for adoption in order to protect her from her family. She still grieves over her daughter, but she knows she did the best thing possible for her and hopes one day to meet her grown up daughter. She loves both her children dearly and is a very good mother to her son. Even though he is austic, she has done an excellent job getting him early intervention and he does well now at school. He is in a special education class, but he won the spelling bee in his class.

My biggest concern for her now is, she is so afraid of God. It's been very hard for me to even talk to her about God or Jesus without scaring her. Nine years later, she and I have done a few small, simple bible studies. She seems to enjoy it. She's truly curious about God now, but she will not try to pray. She keeps telling me that she wants to be doing good before she talks to God. She doesn't want to feel like she's just going to Him, because she needs something now. I've tried explaining to her that God doesn't mind, but I am having to let her go at her own pace. I pray for her daily and for her son and daughter.

I have to admit, it's not been easy all of the time, but very rewarding! I pray to live long enough to see this lovely woman become a child of God and find some peace and joy in her life.

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