Partners in Hope

People who walk with God in recovery look to Him for wisdom, hope, and direction

No matter how far down the scale we have gone, we will see how our experience can benefit others.

God created us to live for Him and has a specific plan for each of us. When our conscience is shaped by a wounded spirit, we will find we are constantly looking for affirmation and mechanically acting out of people pleasing motives, rather than behaving out of love that pleases God.

It’s very soothing and quieting to my soul to pause and watch some turtles in a pond not far from here. They aren’t in a hurry,  In fact, many times when we go there they never move from the time we arrive, go for a walk up the trail, and come back. Those turtles aren’t moving for any of us.  In their own good time, when they get ready to eat probably, they’ll move along. What helps me stay quietly in space and then move along at the right time?

When’s the last time you felt like you were drooping like a dried out plant in the heat?  Maybe you feel like that right now.  What I know today that gives me encouragement is this: My health fails; my spirits droop, yet God remains! He is the strength of my heart; he is mine forever! Psalm 73:26

What a contrast - living in the disaster of covering up and living with hidden sin and shame as compared to the freedom and joy of clearing the slate with God. How do we get on the right side?