🎙️ Crumb Confessional — Season 2, Episode 3c

Title: When do you stop helping someone?

Description:

Just left the Northern Kentucky Emergency Shelter after another round of homeless outreach. I’ve been talking with Pastor Vince and wrestling with the same tension I’ve had with Mansaray—when do you stop helping someone? When do you walk away? I’ve seen this in coaching, in ministry, in life: if you want it more than they do, what’s your biblical obligation? I know Jesus said to forgive 77 times, but He also said not to cast your pearls before swine. Where’s the line? That’s what I’m asking today.

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• An update on Mansaray and my plan to block him
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• Lessons from talking to Pastor Vince and Said
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• The tension between mercy, wisdom, and boundaries
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• The weariness of pouring into someone who won’t drink
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• Biblical questions I want answered—where’s the red line?
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• Whether fruitlessness or resistance warrants stepping back
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💡 Highlights & Timestamps:

00:00 – Leaving the shelter, still wrestling

01:35 – “How do you biblically know when to stop helping someone?”

03:10 – Forgiveness vs. boundaries: are they at odds?

04:30 – The line between pouring out in love and wasting energy

05:50 – “I’ve never asked ChatGPT this with Scripture in mind…”

📖 Scriptures Referenced:

Matthew 18:22 – “Forgive seventy times seven…”

Matthew 7:6 – “Do not cast your pearls before swine…”

Proverbs 26:11 – “As a dog returns to its vomit…” (implied in the theme)

🧠 Core Takeaway:

Love is unconditional, but help is not. Discernment is part of obedience.

🙏 Closing Line:

Crumb Confessional S2E3c — I’m not looking for an excuse to walk away—I’m looking for the line that honors Jesus.