The Latchers

Hey, I am not claiming to be an expert on human behaviour but would like to give a few useful info on the so called group, 'Latchers'. You know that all of us are dependent on each other, some on many, others on a few around them for their existence. Come on you can not live as an islander because we need constant recognition, appreciation, love, acceptance, encouragement and ofcourse correction and guidance in decision making...thats what life is all about, living as a commnunity helping each other out...sounds pretty good. And for those who believe in the existence of God, who believe in Jesus, there is an extra advantage of having the Creator by their side for anything and everything (ofcourse that is what God expects us to do becos He knows no humanbeing can open a 24X7 helpline to anybody all by himself/herself).

Now coming to the Latchers again...they are sort of people who are overly dependent on one person for...usually...life. They are sometimes created by people who love them dearly, who wouldnt want any harm upon them and sometimes Latchers are created by situations.
The Latchers, atleast some of them, do know God, could be saved and claim Jesus as their Lord and Saviour but yet wouldnt want to leave their mentor/friend ever. When things get out of control for them (which promptly, regularly and usually does) their SOS goes not to God first but to whom they are 'latched' on to.
Now a word about the people who really create these latchers.
Who wouldnt want atleast a person totally devoted/committed/submitted/depended on themselves. Who wouldnt want people to approach them for advice, guidance, suggestions,opinions for crucial things in life. So a mother would never let her son/daughter to leave from her eyesight, best friend wouldnt want his/her friend even talk to others amongst their peers, fiance would want his beau to forsake all friends and realtions and have all eyes on him/her alone. Thus are created a weak-willed, personality-distorted, spirit- snuffed group - the Latchers.
The intial joy of leading this group will soon give way to frustration and pure hatred toward them when we see our own time being eaten up and our life sucked out by these 'leeches'.
So a good parent/friend/spouse would never stop a person from growing up and being an individual. True love never doubts or fears the growth of a person to be so independent that he/she would even forget the benefactor.
Allow people around you to take your help but never let them be leaning on you for too long. God is there to do that for them and so do hand such people over to Him and I am sure He can do a better job. i am not saying that you should never help anybody but gradually, consciously let go of them, pointing to Jesus.
Let God be the '911' for people and not you, forever.