This afternoon a certain homeless woman stopped by here at the Catholic Worker House. Again here I'll call her "Kimberly."
Kimberly excitedly told me that she has been invited to start an outpatient rehabilitation program. When she shared this good news with me, we happily exchanged high fives.
She explained that the people running the program told her that if she wanted to enter the program, she should not use illicit substances. Immediately she announced that today is her third day in a row being sober. Upon declaring this wonderful news, her eyes welled up with tears.
I rejoice in my soul that my dear friend is taking healthy steps to proclaim her realization of her own self-worth. She is putting her self-respect into action by not abusing her own body.
She is being lifted up from the spiritual and emotional morass in which she had been dwelling. She is being delivered from her sins.
God has raised high the lowly.* He has helped her to recognize and to respect her own dignity. God has filled the starving with good things.** He has come to her aid, and in her dire hunger, craving true food, He has nourished her with the insight she has needed to value her own self.
God has come to our help.*** God raises us up, mindful of His faithful love.****
* Luke 1:52
** Luke 1:53
*** Luke 1:54
**** Luke 1:54
Kimberly excitedly told me that she has been invited to start an outpatient rehabilitation program. When she shared this good news with me, we happily exchanged high fives.
She explained that the people running the program told her that if she wanted to enter the program, she should not use illicit substances. Immediately she announced that today is her third day in a row being sober. Upon declaring this wonderful news, her eyes welled up with tears.
I rejoice in my soul that my dear friend is taking healthy steps to proclaim her realization of her own self-worth. She is putting her self-respect into action by not abusing her own body.
She is being lifted up from the spiritual and emotional morass in which she had been dwelling. She is being delivered from her sins.
God has raised high the lowly.* He has helped her to recognize and to respect her own dignity. God has filled the starving with good things.** He has come to her aid, and in her dire hunger, craving true food, He has nourished her with the insight she has needed to value her own self.
God has come to our help.*** God raises us up, mindful of His faithful love.****
* Luke 1:52
** Luke 1:53
*** Luke 1:54
**** Luke 1:54
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