Comments on: In The Midst of Darkness https://bandbblog.com/2020/01/05/in-the-midst-of-darkness/ B and B Blog Mon, 06 Jan 2020 20:25:13 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7 By: Beverly https://bandbblog.com/2020/01/05/in-the-midst-of-darkness/#comment-2753 Mon, 06 Jan 2020 20:25:13 +0000 http://bandbblog.com/?p=8179#comment-2753 ❤]]> In reply to Kelly Palmer.

I too believe that we were brought together to help each other. It’s so weird about the similarities- we should kin somehow lol! I will be lifting you guys up in prayer and thank you for this sincere comment. It’s good to know that a lot of us moms have gone or are going through something similar. Love you!!❤️❤️

]]> By: Kelly Palmer https://bandbblog.com/2020/01/05/in-the-midst-of-darkness/#comment-2750 Mon, 06 Jan 2020 18:33:44 +0000 http://bandbblog.com/?p=8179#comment-2750 Thank you for sharing Beverly. I believe that God has brought us together to be friends and to share in the similarities that we have been through. My youngest son went through years of drug use and was in and out of jail due to leading that type of lifestyle. He is now older and wiser although he still has to deal with the consequences of the past lifestyle that he led. Even after so many years of him leading a better life I still get a knot in my stomach when he calls out of the blue and says that he has something to tell me. Out of habit I expect it to be bad news. Hopefully with time this will get better. This past year we found that my oldest son had been using cocaine. Thank God he has a good Christain girlfriend that has stood beside him and has been a good influence. Also, for the past 3 Christmas my husband’s youngest son has been in jail due to drug related circumstances. This year he was out and we were excited that he would actually be able to attend the family gatherings. Just before our family get together he no longer answered my husband’s correspondence. We had no idea where he was or what he was up to and couldn’t reach him. We recently found out that he was arrested on Dec. 27th and it doesn’t look as though he will be getting out anytime soon. It is so sad the hold that drugs can have over our children. No matter how old our children may be they will always be our babies and we want nothing but a bright and wonderfully blessed future for them. Again, thank you for you openness and honesty to your readers to show that we are not alone in life’s struggles and that we and our children can and will overcome with God’s help! Love to you my friend!

]]> By: Beverly https://bandbblog.com/2020/01/05/in-the-midst-of-darkness/#comment-2743 Mon, 06 Jan 2020 15:32:29 +0000 http://bandbblog.com/?p=8179#comment-2743 🙌🏼Thank you for sharing!❤]]> In reply to Cindy.

Wow!! Cindy what an amazing story! God is faithful and he certainly has been to you. You are so right about parents not wanting to talk about it. It’s embarrassing, you feel like a failure as a parent, people talk about you, but it can happen to anyone’s child. I tend to believe God has a special purpose for those that have fought hard fights and will use them for his glory. Praise God your daughter is doing well now!! 🙌🏼🙌🏼Thank you for sharing!❤️

]]> By: Cindy https://bandbblog.com/2020/01/05/in-the-midst-of-darkness/#comment-2739 Mon, 06 Jan 2020 12:50:46 +0000 http://bandbblog.com/?p=8179#comment-2739 Lots of "stuff" happened afterwards that you never think you'd have to live through, including another baby being born addicted; but wind the clock forward and she is now drug free, working full-time and providing a life for her son. I believe it helps others to have more people talk about the path they have walked with their drug addicted children so they too know that by God's grace and mercy, there is hope! Peace and God's blessings over you and your family.]]> Thank you for your honest post Beverly 🙂 Many people do not discuss the battle for their children against drug addiction. My husband and I faced this giant first hand also with our daughter who was 20 when she really began walking down the wrong path. She quickly progressed from passing bad checks to abusing prescription drugs to opiod’s mostly heroin ~ she did not live in our home, but had 2 young babies. I cried out to God each night to protect her and to keep my grand babies from harm. She overdosed in front of them when they were just 2.5 years and 1.5 years old. But God!!! He was there and protected them all – other people where there when they shouldn’t have been – they got 911 there and the police called us to see if we wanted to take the babies ♥ Lots of “stuff” happened afterwards that you never think you’d have to live through, including another baby being born addicted; but wind the clock forward and she is now drug free, working full-time and providing a life for her son. I believe it helps others to have more people talk about the path they have walked with their drug addicted children so they too know that by God’s grace and mercy, there is hope! Peace and God’s blessings over you and your family.

]]> By: Beverly https://bandbblog.com/2020/01/05/in-the-midst-of-darkness/#comment-2737 Sun, 05 Jan 2020 23:36:00 +0000 http://bandbblog.com/?p=8179#comment-2737 ❤ It’s so nice to meet fellow sisters in Christ. Thank you again for your comment!! So glad to meet you. Even if it is virtual lol!!]]> In reply to Donna.

Donna, thank you so much sharing this. We are all facing giants, some are bigger than others, but God has a plan and we will be victorious. You have sown seeds in your children and the Bible tells us that they will come back. The prodigal sob story comes to mind, but in a different way for your situation. Thank you for following the blog and thank you for your sweet words. I will lift you and your children up in prayer. The devil seeks to destroy but he has no authority over God’s children and our lineage!! Amen!! ❤️❤️ It’s so nice to meet fellow sisters in Christ. Thank you again for your comment!! So glad to meet you. Even if it is virtual lol!!

]]> By: Beverly https://bandbblog.com/2020/01/05/in-the-midst-of-darkness/#comment-2736 Sun, 05 Jan 2020 23:30:01 +0000 http://bandbblog.com/?p=8179#comment-2736 ]]> In reply to Johnna.

Thanks Johnna!! Love you❤️

]]> By: Johnna https://bandbblog.com/2020/01/05/in-the-midst-of-darkness/#comment-2735 Sun, 05 Jan 2020 23:11:35 +0000 http://bandbblog.com/?p=8179#comment-2735 Your post hit me today. It gave me courage. Thank you. God bless you.

]]> By: Donna https://bandbblog.com/2020/01/05/in-the-midst-of-darkness/#comment-2734 Sun, 05 Jan 2020 22:38:53 +0000 http://bandbblog.com/?p=8179#comment-2734 First of all I love your Blog and just started following you about a month ago. You are such an inspiration in my life. Your honesty and faithful follower of Christ is such a great example. As a mother of three grown children my life has been turned upset down during the past four years. First my the estrangement of our 35 year old daughter and then her husbands influence on our sons wife. So it pains me to say that two of our children have chosen to not want anything to do with us. And then on top of it, we also havent seen our four grandsons too. We were so close to them and some days the pain is unbearable. Its a long twisted line of events of jealousy of our children’s spouses and baggage that was brought into their marriages. My husband and I brought our children up in a loving christian home and we were so close till their marriages. We surround ourselves with christian friends who are so supportive and pray for our situation for they see the pain we are suffering. We pray and read God’s promising words and we truly believe Satan in involved and it is a constant mind battle depression and anxiety. So your words today are very helpful and comforting. I know I as a mother have to continue to pray faithfully and I believe in miracles that only God can do. Thanks for reading my comment and maybe you could say a prayer.

]]> By: Beverly https://bandbblog.com/2020/01/05/in-the-midst-of-darkness/#comment-2733 Sun, 05 Jan 2020 19:14:12 +0000 http://bandbblog.com/?p=8179#comment-2733 ❤]]> In reply to Lisa.

🙌🏼❤️

]]> By: Lisa https://bandbblog.com/2020/01/05/in-the-midst-of-darkness/#comment-2732 Sun, 05 Jan 2020 19:09:34 +0000 http://bandbblog.com/?p=8179#comment-2732 In reply to Beverly.

AMEN!!!! ~Lisa~

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