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Continue in Confusion

We have been reading an old book, but new to us. "The Cross and the Switchblade" by David Wilkerson. It's an amazing book. It starts with God, through the Holy Spirit, calling this rural pastor to do something to help these hurting boys who were on trial in New York City for a heinous crime. So, he goes to New York with NO PLAN… and never gets to talk to these boys… EVER. He even gets thrown out of court and his picture is in the news paper and is humiliated. But God never intended for him to talk to those boys. Those boys were a representation of thousands, nay, tens of thousands of boys and girls hurting and addicted to drugs and living in violence all over the world. The book goes on to chronicle this blind man being led by the spirit. As he yields to the Holy Spirit, miracles keep happening. The end of the story, there are thousands of "Teen Challenge" centers across the world ministering to hopeless kids since 1958. God is freeing people from addictions a