As I re-entered the world of counseling yesterday I was awakened again to the intense needs we have around us which so quickly fade from our minds. Being gone 10 days from these needs seemed, at the time, important and it was important. I needed to be with my sis and I loved being with my grandson. But, coming back to the very place God wants me at this point in my life is humbly insightful.

Later in the day I met with a couple young men. We are starting a curriculum addressing porn and other aggressive addictions. In this group, the importance of having allies is brought out, similarly to how a sponsor is used in Celebrate Recovery. However, how an ally helps another is made much clearer. It is a model of walking along side the struggling one and helping them stay upright so one doesn’t fall into the pit. As I was meeting with the two I asked if they could be one another’s ally? They both wanted to be but felt like they were incapable. In Celebrate Recovery, where both of these young men attend, a sponsor is further down the path of recovery. An ally can be right there where you are but not struggling when you are. In helping another, one finds help for themselves seeing how they can be used by God’s Holy Spirit. We so often think we have to be “cured” before God will use us–wrong.

Before the session ended, they agreed they not just wanted to be each other’s allies, but they can be. It makes me tear up writing this now. Seeing God’s Holy Spirit at work is like no other. He gives hope when one thinks Hope is lost. How glorious our Heavenly Father is to give each of us His Son AND His Holy Spirit!