"Heroin? Our son is on heroin?" Emotion washed over Laurie. How is he? How could he?
Laurie and Jason had just found out their 18-year-old son was in jail for heroin possession and use. They were overwhelmed with the shock and horror of it and with concern for their son.
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As that reality began to settle in, they were overcome with a new thought: What would the church Jason pastored say? Would people understand, or would they judge? The pastor's son? Would they need to step down from the pastorate?
They felt so alone.
Any parent confronting such a discovery feels alone. But when you are in the ministry, the aloneness seems to multiply. This isn't supposed to happen to pastors' kids.
No one is immune. It can happen to any family. But there is a safe and encouraging place to go. Prayer for Prodigals, a helpful prayer community for those who care about someone walking a destructive path, offers resources, understanding and prayer.
Source: GiftedforLeadership.com
Judy Douglass is known for her realness and passion for encouraging God's children--especially his daughters--to become all they were created to be and accomplish all they were created to do. In her 40-plus years with Campus Crusade for Christ, this U of Texas journalism graduate does this through writing and speaking worldwide and in leading alongside her husband, Steve Douglass, president of Campus Crusade.Judy is a founding board member of Synergy Women's Network.
