A SUBJECTIVE person came along and said: "I FEEL for you, down there."
An OBJECTIVE person came along and said:” It’s logical that someone would fall, down there."
A CHRISTIAN SCIENTIST came along: "You only THINK that you are in a pit."
A PHARISEE said: "Only BAD people fall into a pit."
A MATHEMATICIAN calculated HOW he fell into the pit.
A NEWS REPORTER wanted the exclusive story on his pit.
A FUNDAMENTALIST said: "You DESERVE your pit."
CONFUCIUS said; "If you would have listened to me, you would not be in that pit."
BUDDHA said: "Your pit is only a state of mind."
A REALIST said: "That’s a PIT."
A SCIENTIST calculated the pressure necessary (lbs./sq.in.) to get him out of the pit.
A GEOLOGIST told him to appreciate the rock strata in the pit.
The COUNTY INSPECTOR asked if he had a permit to dig a pit.
The COUNTY TAX ASSESSOR came along and figured the taxes he owed on the pit.
A PROFESSOR gave him a lecture on: "The Elementary Principles of the Pit." A HEALTH AND WEALTH PREACHER said: "Just CONFESS that you’re not in a pit."
An OPTIMIST said: "Things COULD be worse."
A PESSIMIST said: "Things WILL get worse!!"
An OBJECTIVE person came along and said:” It’s logical that someone would fall, down there."
A CHRISTIAN SCIENTIST came along: "You only THINK that you are in a pit."
A PHARISEE said: "Only BAD people fall into a pit."
A MATHEMATICIAN calculated HOW he fell into the pit.
A NEWS REPORTER wanted the exclusive story on his pit.
A FUNDAMENTALIST said: "You DESERVE your pit."
CONFUCIUS said; "If you would have listened to me, you would not be in that pit."
BUDDHA said: "Your pit is only a state of mind."
A REALIST said: "That’s a PIT."
A SCIENTIST calculated the pressure necessary (lbs./sq.in.) to get him out of the pit.
A GEOLOGIST told him to appreciate the rock strata in the pit.
The COUNTY INSPECTOR asked if he had a permit to dig a pit.
The COUNTY TAX ASSESSOR came along and figured the taxes he owed on the pit.
A PROFESSOR gave him a lecture on: "The Elementary Principles of the Pit." A HEALTH AND WEALTH PREACHER said: "Just CONFESS that you’re not in a pit."
An OPTIMIST said: "Things COULD be worse."
A PESSIMIST said: "Things WILL get worse!!"
JESUS, seeing the man, took him by the hand and LIFTED HIM OUT of the pit." (author unknown)
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As we walked away from the pit she began to cry. And she cried and cried. Amidst the tears she blurted out, "I always wanted out of that life but I couldn't do it by myself." Amidst the tears on the journey to the Rescue House she disclosed some of the horrors of the life she was leaving behind, stories from the pit she was climbing out off with the hand of God using us, the \rescue House.
"I haven't slept in four nights, I haven't eaten either... just drugs drugs drugs! I couldn't stop. The drug is good, that's the problem the 'wave' it gives you is good. But I knew that even though it felt good, it was bad, I was getting deeper and deeper.
I knew that house was so bad for me, the environment - everyone using drugs - day and night. At night there could be a hundred people or more in that tiny space using crack. It's so awful." She sobs again unable to speak.
Then, "In the middle of the night they all go out stealing to feed their addiction. The girls they prostitute themselves. Susie (name changed. it's her house were she was staying), she's only 13 years old.... it's so awful..." she sobs again... "and her mum lets her...." Sobbing again.
And it continues like this as we drive away from her pit (which is still a pit for so many). We ask her, "Are you ready to start a new life?" MORE than ready she cries!
She has started, the beginning was her decision to leave and then coming with us. We find her a place in a recovery home for women (she is 24 years old), Jerico (the place Rafaela stayed from a previous blog).
Please pray for Stephanie. It is not easy to start a new life. To leave behind all that you know. Pray for strength and perserverance.