Follow up to yesterday

Well. . . .

Dad didn't show up to the meeting. He called Pastor Tom before the meeting and after a 45 minute conversation in which he was sad, then defiant and angry. . . he said he would not meet at all. He is accusing Pastor Tom and of course my mom of all kinds of ridiculous things. He has even called a man whom he believes mom is having an affair with in order to confront him. It is all so sad, ridiculous and at times silly. We have been warned to be very careful. We know dad has anger problems: he has been abusing my mom. Pastor Tom says he has never seen someone more belligerent and manipulative than dad. Who knows if he could snap at us at some point. We'll be careful.

Dad is very very sick. He is working so hard to control his world, but addiction controls him. Addicts can hold it together for awhile and dad has been holding it together. . . but after awhile. . . the addiction takes over again. It has to. It controls him.

Thankfully, God is bigger than dad. God is bigger than addiction. God can quiet the storm with a word. He is always on-time. (That means He is never late.) So, we continue to pray. We continue to love dad from afar. We continue to cling to God and He has given us peace and each other.

Thanks for supporting us, for reading this, for learning more about addiction, and mostly for asking God to help and completely heal my dad.