Wasted Time

I was reminded the other day about how I had wasted my time a few years earlier.

 In my role as a friend of the local christian outreach to the addicted I had agreed to assist a person with their struggle to come clean from drugs. Of course it really was drugs and other addicted behaviors. I spent a lot of time with this individual but their self-concept was so low they could not see themselves as a success story at anything but failure. All my time and effort meant nothing in the face of his refusal to see what God was trying to do in his life.

As happens with what is called, "stinking thinking" one time he got down on himself and while down relapsed into the old life and behaviors he had struggled so valiantly to leave behind.

Now it is some years later and guess what? I was contacted and he is clean. That. is great news! Wonderful for me but even more wonderful for him and his loving family. I am so glad.

Was it truly a waste of time or was it just what I was doing seemed to be wasted? I would like to use this as a reminder of what we both know. Wasting our time on others is often the best possible investment of our time.