11/29/2025
You may think an addict ain’t worth it, but I promise you — Jesus does.
That’s the part people forget. That’s the part society overlooks. That’s the part the world gets wrong every single day. Because when someone is drowning in addiction, most people only see the mess. The chaos. The consequences. The broken promises. The pain.
But Jesus sees the person.
He sees the battle behind the behavior.
He sees the trauma behind the choices.
He sees the heart beneath the hurt.
He sees the potential beneath the ruins.
He sees the soul beneath the struggle.
People will give up on an addict long before God ever will. They’ll judge from a distance. They’ll criticize what they don’t understand. They’ll label, dismiss, and walk away. But Jesus moves toward the very people the world avoids.
He doesn’t wait for you to get clean to love you.
He doesn’t wait for you to fix yourself to accept you.
He doesn’t wait for you to be perfect to call you worthy.
He meets you in the darkest corner of the darkest room, looks you in the eyes, and says, “You’re still mine.”
Addiction doesn’t disqualify you.
Relapse doesn’t erase you.
Rock bottom doesn’t define you.
Shame doesn’t own you.
Jesus fought for the broken — not the polished.
He walked with the outcasts — not the favored.
He healed the sick — not the self-righteous.
He restored the lost — not the already found.
So when people say, “They’re not worth it,” understand something: their vision is limited. Their grace is limited. Their patience is limited.
God’s isn’t.
He’ll chase you through hell to bring you home.
He’ll sit with you in your withdrawals.
He’ll cover you in your relapse.
He’ll whisper hope into your hopelessness.
He’ll love you when you don’t even love yourself.
Addicts aren’t throwaways. They’re the very people God specializes in saving.
So if no one believes in you… He does.
If no one sees value in you… He does.
If no one thinks you’ll make it… He does.
And His belief carries more weight than the world’s doubt ever will.
— j. anthony | |
