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How do you deal with an estranged parent?
I'm so thankful my parents were always around. My daddy was the best ever! I know someone who is very important to me. He hasn't seen his father in about 20 years. His mother & father had a bad divorce & the father moved away. We recently found him; he now has a new wife & 2 other kids. They were talking by phone for a while until the father asked to borrow a large sum of money not stating why! Now my friend will not speak to his father; feeling betrayed & used. The father wants to apologize & continue to speak & even visit (since they haven't seen each other in 20 years). My friend says he is not ready to forgive him & feels there is no father/son relationship there.
Anyone else have an estranged parent come back into your life? How did you deal with it? Was it hard to trust? My friend was around 7 years old the last time he saw his father.
3 Answers
- Anonymous8 years ago
As a Christian, I have to tell you to pray for both your friend and his father. Your friend is feeling betrayed a second time in his life by his father. Deep wounds take time to heal and that wound was reopened when asked to borrow money. Only God can change your friend's heart toward his father. And only prayer for his father can reconcile him with his son.
If I were you, I would not get involved because it could be turned against you by both parties. Just fast and pray persistently and expectantly asking for God's will to be done in the situation.
Edit: EllenMay, let him who has no sin cast the first stone. Christ died for you while you were His enemy. We are to forgive our enemies too. May God be merciful to you for your unforgiving attitude.
- 8 years ago
I am 18 years old and never met my father, I am going to meet him for the first time tomorrow, it's kind of a mix of feelings like excitement, overwhelm, shock etc something you can only feel not explain
- ?Lv 68 years ago
Your friend's father was hoping to exploit your friend's weakness at hearing from his father after so long and this father should not be trusted, no matter how many million times he apologises. It seems a leopard can't change his spots.
