My journey today was interrupted from the start as far as man planning man’s day goes.  I walked into the kitchen about 6:00 am to get my first cup of coffee and have my devotions to find a guy waiting at my front door from our Celebrate Recovery group.  He had done this one other time when he had relapsed.  I expected a similar story.  However, today, he wanted to talk about his father who is critically ill in the hospital and his life in general.  By 8:00 he was on his way. I, on the other hand, was to meet a couple other people to look at some property for the Aslan Christian Academy I’ve recently begun supporting by joining their board.  The original property they thought they were going to be building on has gone awry.  All of this is another story but it has kept me from my original routine.  While I was talking with the potential land seller he shared that he was interested in helping trafficked teens because he was molested as a young child by a neighbor man and it had continued until he was about 10.  This led me to tell him about my story.  I ended up giving him a copy of my book which he seemed most appreciative receiving.

I was visiting at noon time with the gentleman who is staying with us this week along with his wife.  We were recapping how many times this week I have talked with abuse victims.  It has been an unusual amount:  5 in 6 days.  I always pray for this but am always stricken each time it happens.  It is just sadly true that there are many silent victims afraid to speak the truth of their hurts, hang-ups and/or habits for multiple reasons with guilt and shame almost always topping the list.  God is good however in that He is faithful in taking our mess and making it into His message of love and redemption.  To God be the Glory!