A few years ago, my son told me his best buddy said that God speaks to him.
Didn't think much of it at first; the family belonged to a particularly nutty church. But, my son just stood there as if he wanted to say something else, so I asked him "Wait a minute...God speaks to him in an audible voice?".
He said yes, and I told him it was most likely that his buddy was suffering from schizophrenia; I would speak with his mother about the voices that evening.
She looked like hell; I could tell she already knew about it. She was an educated woman, and told me, yes she understood schizophrenia. She informed me that her church was in deep, deep prayer over the matter, and that was all that needed to be done. Then she thanked me for my concern, and sent me on my way.
I told my son to continue the friendship as usual; just to keep his eyes and ears open. I figured it wouldn't be long before his mother got actual help, and it wasn't. She was a divorced single mother, and her son towered over her; Barely fourteen, and built like a farmhand.
I don't know the specific details as to what actually caused her to change her mind, but it was must have the scared the shit out of her, for her to go against her precious church "elders".
Didn't think much of it at first; the family belonged to a particularly nutty church. But, my son just stood there as if he wanted to say something else, so I asked him "Wait a minute...God speaks to him in an audible voice?".
He said yes, and I told him it was most likely that his buddy was suffering from schizophrenia; I would speak with his mother about the voices that evening.
She looked like hell; I could tell she already knew about it. She was an educated woman, and told me, yes she understood schizophrenia. She informed me that her church was in deep, deep prayer over the matter, and that was all that needed to be done. Then she thanked me for my concern, and sent me on my way.
I told my son to continue the friendship as usual; just to keep his eyes and ears open. I figured it wouldn't be long before his mother got actual help, and it wasn't. She was a divorced single mother, and her son towered over her; Barely fourteen, and built like a farmhand.
I don't know the specific details as to what actually caused her to change her mind, but it was must have the scared the shit out of her, for her to go against her precious church "elders".
