Holy Week and Friends (lost and found) part 2

How do we deal with a lost sould who wants to find it's way back?

This was a pretty difficult task that was handed on to me by Him; the difficulty of it is my clouded judgement but hey, everything happens for a reason (and so they say).

I won't spend time in writing about the mistakes my dear friend had made but definately, he was lost and was at the brink of destroying a bright future ahead. I knew he was special and would be able to reach his dreams in no time; it was just very unfortunate that he was faced with a difficult trial that challenged his reasoning and decisions.

Okay, I give in. It was all about drugs (as if it wasn't that obvious). I lost contact with (let's just call him wally for now) Wally 7 months ago. He was a close friend of mine. I did not hear a word, nor a reason for his sudden vanishing from the world we were on. This bothered me for some time until I got a message from him (well, apparently not him but someone who was accessing his emails) and sent me a message informing me to stop worrying and looking for my friend since he was already a different person (like a person who just sold his soul to the devil). At first, I didn't want to believe it but it started to sink in. He had problems with his family, and with work, and it wouldn't surprise me if he would go that far and destroy his life. I wanted to help but does he want to be helped? and besides, there was no other way for me to get in touch with him.

All of a sudden, Holy Thursday came. I was already ready to pack up and head home until someone sent me a message through IM. It was him. knowing that someone else could access his email account and all, with my heart feeling it was being punded by a jack hammer, asked if it was really him, and he confirmed. I wanted to ask him a lot of questions but just focused on what he wanted me to do for him (since I already knew about the drugs thing way back). He told me to stop looking for him and let the others know that he's just going to be forgotten (didn't know what this message really meant but I was determined to help). I asked him what he wanted to do with his life and he just told me he wanted to go home to his family (since he now lives in the house of the one who supplies him with the stash). I asked him how he could do that (since it was him who brought himself to wherever he was at). He owed the sponsor a big amount of money. He didn't have a job that could pay it off and would have a hard time finding a new job for him to pay it off since his drug tests would appear positive). He was desparate and I offered his family a sum of money that could help him redeem himself and go home. His family agreed and would pay me back in longer terms, but I didn't mind.

I found out a lot of reasons on why this friend of mine did what he did. And he was weak and vulnerable at a certain point in his life where he felt like he was unloved and alone. I did not understand how this clouded his judgement but he was at a point where he could no longer make decisions and just was influenced by his friends (if you call them friends).

He's now free and safe. It's just a matter of time for him to re-build himself and start a new life.

Lesson learned, always make sure to know your friends and always trust your instincts. Friends will always be around when you need them the most. Please don't think that a friend has abandoned you just because you can't physically see them beside you.

Wally - thank you for making the right decision.

Thank God for the holy week. I've learned it's all about unconditional love and sacrifices.. of course, coupled with constant communication (with friends and most of all, with God!)

Happy Easter, everyone!