The
Very Hungry Caterpillar
Synopsis:
The Very Hungry Caterpillar falls off the wagon and goes on an absolute bender
at the weekend, but discovers grace on Sunday.
It
is, rightly, a classic.
The
other day, I was in the chapel, when someone came in. I was deep in
concentration, writing notes for a colleague, and they startled me. They are an
alcoholic, and had had a relapse, and had come asking for prayer — if I was
willing to pray for them, given that they had had a drink.
Of
course I was bloody willing.
They
talked, I listened. And then I prayed with them, and spoke over them God’s
forgiveness for their guilt; God’s deep cleansing for their deep shame; and
asked for God to hold them and carry them when they could not hold nor carry
themselves.
That
is what we are there for. If you need to know.
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