Psalm 82 (KJV): Do justice to the afflicted and the needy

From Psalms

Psalm 82
(A psalm of Asaph.)

¹God standeth in the congregation of the mighty;
      he judgeth among the gods.

²How long will ye judge unjustly,
      and accept the persons of the wicked?       Selah.
³Defend the poor and fatherless:
      do justice to the afflicted and needy.
⁴Deliver the poor and needy:
      rid them out of the hand of the wicked.

⁵They know not, neither will they understand;
      they walk on in darkness:
      all the foundations of the earth are out of course.

⁶I have said, Ye are gods;
      and all of you are children of the most High.
⁷But ye shall die like men,
      and fall like one of the princes.

⁸Arise, O God, judge the earth:
      for thou shalt inherit all nations.

The addicts today are part of the afflicted and needy.  They need help and often do not even realize it.  They often deny the fact that they have a problem until its too late.  It's a fortunate few that actually make it to a meeting before they lose everything they have.  Or worse perish in their addiction.

I will close in prayer for the addict that still suffers.  For the woman who wrestles with her decisions to continue to drink despite what it does to her life.  Despite losing who job and alienating her children.  She continues to isolate and seek solace in her lite beer.

For the man who continues to watch porn and webcams and explore the world of sex parlors, every chance he can be alone at a computer.  Despite the fact that women working in the sex trade repulses him its not really clear even how he finds himself on these sites.  Or why his brain needs this stimulation.  He knows very well that there are people at his company that monitor his activity.  He also knows that, with his company's zero tolerance policy, he could be fired in an instant for this.  Despite all this he continues, almost unwilling, on his addiction.

God be with these people.  Show them there is an alternative.  There is a path to sobriety.  Work through the people in their lives to expose their problem.  To show them they need to find help.  To help them realize that they need to turn their lives around.  That there is a path to do that - that you are the path and that the map is the 12 steps.

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