Can the devastating effects on children of alcoholic parents be rectified?
The first thing that disintegrates when a person becomes an alcoholic is his/her relationship with God. As a result, the home suffers and the children experience problems trusting God or believing that He cares for them. Yet the Bible tells us to, Give all your worries and cares to God, for he cares about whats happening to you (1 Peter 5:7). Children may never regain what was lost emotionally, but they can discover a new kind of unconditional love and even forgiveness towards their affected parent ( Micah 7:18-19). A child of an alcoholic parent never needs to carry an unnecessary burden. God is anxious to give comfort and strength to them as well as their alcoholic parent(s). The apostle Paul experienced physical and emotional pain, yet he trusted God. . . . You know my faith and how long I have suffered. You know my love and my patient endurance. You know how much persecution and suffering I have endured . . . but the Lord delivered me from all of it (2 Timothy 3:1011). God loves ev
