A friend of mine recently lost his job.  Imagine that in today’s economy, right.  As we have been communicating, I have noticed an increasing negative, almost depressed tone in his comments.  Most recently he asked the question, “Why do people abandon one another when they are needed most?”  Several people gave him advice, Some quoted Scripture, some spoke of the hurts people have.  No one really answered the question though.  Here’s what I think.  I believe we have all been hurt or felt hurt at one time or another.  As a result, we often times see ourselves in the pain others are feeling and it scares us.  We do try, most often, to help but our own fear stops us.  We fear that hurt others are feeling and feel helpless.  We reach out, but are sometimes pushed away.  Other times we react in frustration because answers are clear to us as we stand on the outside of the fence, but our hurting friends wont respond the way we think they should.  We ultimately abandon the hurt individual, because that is what we have been taught to do, either by ourselves, our parents, family or our friends.  Fear prevents us from continuing on with our hurt friend because we dont want to be pulled down into their depression and we pull away.  That’s not the way it should be, but it does seem that that is the way it is.  What do you think?

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