Hold Fast

What to do when you don't know what to do...or when you know what to do and are just not sure quite how to do it. That is the dilemma presently before me. How do you turn someone away when they came to you with no where left to turn. How do you tell them you can't help them anymore when you've been where they are and you remember so clearly what it's like to find that you look at yourself in the mirror and you really have no idea who that person is and no one that loves you can really understand what you're going through and that makes you feel completely alone and as though there really is no one on your side? I am struggling with how to carry out what I know is best for the majority because I don't know what the result of those actions will ultimately be when it comes to the one. I am responsible for others and I have a responsibility to them. I have to do what is best for those I am responsible for and I know that. I think part of me is afraid that if I try to take the action that I know deep down needs to be taken, I will be overruled and, in the end, feel utterly powerless to be able to do anything to make things better and have to live with the consequences of trying to do what needs to be done to begin with. And another part of me is afraid that if I do what I know I should, someone that I love very much, that I know is struggling through some serious personal problems right now, will hit rock bottom and do something that can't be taken back, that he or I may not be able to live with. I am praying for God's guidance through this, for the strength to do what needs to be done, for the wisdom to know the right way to do it, and for the courage to stand in the face of whatever follows. In the meantime, I am taking comfort from the reassurance I find in His Word.

This is what the Lord says to you: "Do not be afraid or discouraged because of this vast army. For the battle is not yours, but God's."

2 Chronicles 20:15