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Linda,
You are not the only one who feels this way. I think all of us have a time when we wonder if God is really even listening to our cries. When I am feeling that way about something, I ask myself, what if they were no God? I would have no help at all. At least going to Him in prayer gives us hope. We have enough faith to keep going to Him over and over.
Delayed answers are not because of past sins. There is noting that can separate us from the love of God. Once we invite Him in, we belong to Him and no one can snatch us out of his hand. There is nothing we can do better nor do we need to. He is working behind the scenes all of the time and we can not see what is happening. So you just hang in there with the rest of us and we will all continue to prayer and lift up your son in prayer!!! Hugs, Linda

Oh Linda, I'm so sorry to hear about your troubles. I can tell you that the fact that you are continually dealing with your guilt is a trick of the enemy. It is his greatest desire to keep your past sins and failures in the forefront of your mind. God does hear your prayers my friend. We may not deserve His Mercy but He is merciful to us anyway. He loves us anyway because that is who He is. God is Love.
We have all made many mistakes because we are born into sin. He gave His son, Jesus to die on the cross for our sins, and we are forgiven. The first thing you need to do is to receive His forgiveness.
Since none of us can go back, we have to start where we are when we receive and accept His mercy and love for us. God knows we are not perfect, so He has provided us with His love, mercy and forgiveness. I pray for you and I pray for your son to overcome his addiction. It can be done and I claim it for you. Be blessed Linda. Praying for your strength and growth in Jesus' name. Amen.

Continue to pray. Never give up. We must look up , trust and believe. God hears our prayers the same way we hear our childs cry for help. He will not fail you. He cannot fail you.He has proven himself worthy, that's what makes him God. I think the hardest thing to do is wait for God to take action. He will in his time. We only need to trust, believe and have faith. God Bless you and I will also pray for your son.

Linda, it's quite plain that you already have faith. We only need faith as large as a mustard seed to move mountains! Accept God's forgiveness for your failures and move forward. Since He doesn;t remember them, you shouldn't, either. Let the guilt go. You're guilty no longer. The enemy uses it to bind you to your past failures. Jesus has set you free! Give your son and his addiction to the Lord. He is able to keep what's His! Stop rehearsing the problem and start speaking the answer. You might pray something like this: "Jesus, thank you for my son. I love him but nothing I've been able to do or say has made a difference in his life. I give him to you. You can take this addiction from him. You can heal his wounded heart and spirit. Only you can save his soul. I believe you are able to keep what belongs to you. From this moment on, he's yours. Thank you for bringing the changes he needs in his life. Amen."

Lord, shower Linda,with your love and peace. Surround her with Your holy presence so she may know that You are for her and not against her. Heal her broken, wounded heart so she may learn to trust you and receive your forgiveness. Set in motion the chain of events that will free her son from ths addiction. Thank you, Father, for the answer to this prayer. tIn Jesus' name. Amen.

Linda, you already have received some wonderful advice here. I just want to add one thing. God has no problem forgiving you for past mistakes. Once you take them to Him with an open heart and a desire to do better. You are forgiven. The thing is Linda, you need to forgive yourself. When we learn to be a forgiving person, that includes being able to forgive ourselves.

I guess one more thing that I would like to share is: God may never be early, but He is NEVER late!

God bless you!

Whoops! I meant to say," God may not be early, but He is NEVER late." He can be early if He wants to!

The heartfelt prayers of a righteous man availith much. Your prayers are heartfelt, accepting what Christ did on the cross covers you with the righteousness of Christ. God hears your prayers, He forgives you, if you ask Him to, don't allow satan to keep you looking back, look forward and keep your eyes on God. Ask Him for peace and keep asking. Ask, and you shall receive, (keep asking all day, watch how a child does it, ever notice..a child will say mama five billion times if she doesn't answer!) Knock and it shall be opened, (bang the door down! Ever see a police officer knock on a door? They mean business, people two houses down will hear them knocking!), Seek and you shall find, (read that bible til it's ragged! If you lost a hundred dollar bill you'd tear your house apart to find it, What's written in your bible is worth much, much more,) Remember the widow in the bible that kept coming to the judge til she got on his last nerve and he gave her what she wanted! Hang in there dear Linda, set your face like flint and determine to get on Gods' last nerve.

Sadlinda,
Yes, God hears your prayers. He bottles every tear. It is not that you are being punished at all. God is not like that. It is that your son has a free will and is making choices. You as a mother of course are heartbroken by the ones that are leading him in wrong directions. Please just continue to look to God, proclaim His word no matter what you see, feel or hear speak His word, it is truth not circumstance. We are eternal beings and can call it forth in this realm as we speak it forth believing God to perform His word. He said His word would not return to Him void but would accomplish that it was sent to do. Proverbs 21:18 says power of life and ( spiritually and physically) lies in the power of the tongue. We speak blessings or cursings. As His mother speak forth blessings and what God has said, it is truth all else is a lie. Lord, I ask you to wrap your arms of love around Linda, cradle her in your arms close to your heart Lord. Let your closeness be so real through all of this. Give her wisdom and direction, peace and comfort. We bind the enemy thta would lie to her and try to blind her to truth and drag her into oppressive arenas. We loose your ministering spirits now to go forth as she proclaims your word and perform it. In Jesus name Amen.

Once God forgives you,there is no pay back.But we have a tendency to blame ourselves for choices others make and take the pain inward.Only God can work miracles so pray that he will hold you son in his hand. aripekafl

One of the things I do with my son is, every time he brings up something I did to him in the past, I apologise profusely, from the heart. I tell him how sorry I am that I acted that way toward him, that the only excuse I have is ignorance and I'm truly sorry for the person I was to have treated him that way. I tell him I wish to God I could take it back, that I could erase all those things I did, because I love him so much. I couldn't see at the time, the damage I was doing to his heart, but I see it now and I'm so very sorry.
Stand in their shoes for a moment and look at yourself through their eyes.
The fact is, we all make mistakes that are very hurtful to the ones we love and it sometimes causes them to back away from us. We cannot change what we did in the past but we can admit what we did was wrong and apologise for it from the heart. We can make up for some of it by loving them like we should have in the first place. It's all they really want...to be truly loved, no matter what mistakes they may be making.