{"id":909,"date":"2009-06-08T14:14:25","date_gmt":"2009-06-08T14:14:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/stevenwaldman\/2009\/06\/a-mother-prays-for-light-jail.html"},"modified":"2009-06-08T14:14:25","modified_gmt":"2009-06-08T14:14:25","slug":"a-mother-prays-for-light-jail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/stevenwaldman\/2009\/06\/a-mother-prays-for-light-jail.html","title":{"rendered":"A Mother Prays For Light Jail Term for Her Addicted Son"},"content":{"rendered":"

xnyrc ask for your prayers here:<\/a><\/p>\n

Please pray for my son who is having some very hard times in this economic downturn and has turned to drugs which have made him make decisions that can effect his life forever.
\nPlease pray that my son gets the help he needs for addiction and for low self esteem but that he finds his way though god and counseling and avoids a long sentence in jail. I am afraid that jail would be the worse thing to happen to him because he is a gentle soul.He needs therapy or counseling.
\nAddiction is a terrible thing and it makes someone become something they don’t recognize. My son is one of those guys that when someone meets him they like him right away but he has never felt good about himself because of seeing abuse at a young age. He told me he had wished he could have helped me yet he was only 7….
\nI am heartbroken he needs to love himself enough to see what others see.
\nHe would be great at helping young people see the pitfalls of addiction they would listen because he is not your typical person they see and think has a problem with drugs.
\nPlease pray that he is saved and stays out of prison or jail. I pray Amen <\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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