God knows their names

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We have a family member in trouble, and he needs our prayers.

There was a time when the best answer for his situation would have been for him to just walk away. That time passed when another person - tiny and helpless - came along.

Those of us who know him may be tempted to connect the dots of his life and conclude that he brought this all on himself; that by now he should have learned how to handle his problems.

Even if that were the simple truth (which we cannot know because we have not lived his life), he and the little one, and the little one's mother, still deserve our prayers.