to be well

as i worked with addicts today, i felt a great deal of sadness.
doctors.
nurses.
pilots.
moms.
dads.
lives put on hold.
jobs given up.
despair.
shame.

yet at the same time, there was hope.
although there were some who didn't seem to want to change, there were many who wanted help-who wanted to be well. and that's why they were there.

“when Jesus saw him lying there and learned that he had been in this condition for a long time, he asked him, ‘do you want to get well?’ john 5:6