Recovery Meditations

We were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.

When we are “poor in spirit” we will humbly live in the grace and favour of God. 

There is hope for each of us to leave the past behind and move forward to become the person we were created to be.

To be kind to our neighbours, we need to be discreet in the way we speak about them

God's word as recorded in the Bible is the standard against which all of us must measure our behaviour.

How are we to deal with a person who falsely accuses us of something we did not do?

Neither could we reduce our self-centeredness much by wishing or trying on our own power.  We had to have God's help."  (Big Book pages 62-63)

Our restored self-worth is not based on what we may feel or what others say about us, but rather on what God says.

"Who then can be saved?" Jesus looked at them and said, "With man this is impossible but with God all things are possible." (Matthew 19:25b-26)

Lazy people want much but get little, but those who work hard will prosper (Proverbs 13:4)

It's not easy, but "accepting hardship as the pathway to peace" can be life changing

Each step of the way we simply need to stay hungry and thirsty for what is right.