This precious young life is adopted by loving parents.
In spite of the adoptive parent's great love the innate effects of the crack addiction will continue to cause harm and destructive behavior for their youngster throughout the child's life.
The parents hate the addiction that continues to plague and cause harm to their loved one, but they understand their adopted child can do nothing but struggle with the crack addiction it was bequeathed by it's biological parents.
Motivated by love, if there were a way the adoptive parents would gladly take the pain, hurt, and consequences of the crack addiction from their suffering child and endure it themselves.
Sin is the same way. God hates the sin that continues to cause us hurt and pain. He understands that we are damaged and will continue to struggle. He is not mad at us when we sin, but He is very mad at sin. Wouldn't you be mad at anything so destructive to the ones you love?
Thankfully, there was a way of escape and God is the one who provided it.
Way to go God!!
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The media calls these "crack babies" although Im positive they mean 'methadone babies'. Cocaine is not physically addicting, while opiates such as methadone and heroin are. Not to say that crack babies dont have their own obstacles, because they do, but to watch a baby get physically ill from withdrawals is heartbreaking to say the least.
As I have spent my last 36 hours at work holding a baby jonesing his way thru a methadone habit, I cannot think of a more perfect correlation of the love of God.
I hold him tightly and pace with him for miles and constantly tell him (and myself) that its not his fault. He will make it thru.
Sadly, He WILL go to his parents, because his mom is working the program. Sure she has lost custody of her other 4 kids, but since she fed this one methadone for 9 months she is entitled to him.
Im so mad at the system that enables this.
But I will never, never, EVER be mad at that baby.
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