Partners in Hope

Our old ways of thinking and behaving are being transformed as we journey with God in our new life in recovery. New things bring new challenges as they push against our old ways.

In the same way a weaver takes many threads and weaves them into intricate patterns for a wall hanging or a rug, so God continues to work all things together for our good in the details of each day of our lives.

Trying to be self-reliant and seeking to sort out life on our own took many of us into lifestyles of isolation, addiction, denial, and destructive behaviour. We were never meant to co-dependently rely on others to fix us, but to humbly admit that without God in our lives we are powerless to do anything about our situation and our lives are unmanageable.

We’ve spoken before about a character named Daniel in the Bible.  He is such a fine example of a person of integrity, a man who consistently walked with God, and someone who was a great example and leader to folks around him.  We could certainly do with more of those kinds of folks in public life and government couldn’t we?

Our bodies are a wonderful metaphor of the connection and support God wants us to have in community.  We all need a support system, and to be part of a group that supports one another.

We know that the best way to navigate well through any day is to ask for guidance from God and then to follow the path we are shown.  Our self-will needs help to do that.  Isn’t it great that we can even ask God for help with that? And so I love these words that cover all those bases.