Helpless

Every now and then, when I have some free time, I like to look through my friends' or acquaintances' blogs. Sometimes I get annoyed about how they post about losing followers, it just seems very whiny and attention craving. But those feelings of irritation are pretty rare. A lot of people that I check up on are obviously going through some rough stuff. Sometimes they will publish text posts that are practically throbbing with loneliness and pain, other times they will post pictures that they connected with. A lot of these pictures are about death, sometimes they show someone else's self-inflicted scars. Basically, you can tell that they are suffering just by looking through their blog pages.

A lot of these people are people that I don't know super well, we only see each other at school, only ever really make small talk. Seeing their pain makes me want to help...somehow. But how am I supposed to do that? I don't have a magical cure for loneliness or for depression. I don't live close enough to be able to drive to their houses when they need someone to talk to. I don't even know them well enough to ask them why they are so hurt. I can understand how they feel, and the last thing most people in that position want is someone else's pity. I know that some people would tell me that I'm not helpless, and that I can pray for these people. Which is true, I can pray for them... but still, praying doesn't feel like ACTION to me. Sorry to all of the die hard prayer team people (if you are reading this) but I just don't feel the same about it as you might. I want to DO something, not just kneel before an unfathomable God and pour my heart into something that may not happen. I want to take action, but how can I?