Recovery Meditations

Everyday unpredictable circumstances often keep us feeling out of sorts and insecure.

Our life in recovery is an unknown journey and we are not very confident in the new steps we are taking.

In peace I will both lie down and sleep, For You alone, O Lord, make me to dwell in safety.

I cling to you; your strong right hand holds me securely.

In many recovery meetings we are regularly reminded of the AA promises which are introduced this way, “If we are painstaking about this phase of our development, we will be amazed before we are half way through.

After recognizing that our lives are unmanageable, many of us entered into detox and then treatment programs where we found support and began to grow stronger.

At the end of many recovery meetings we say the words, “Keep coming back.

A new year often means a fresh start. For some of us, that’s when we make a further effort to clean up and get sober.

The wisest man of his time, King Solomon, worked hard to get an amazing temple built to honour God.

Are you tired? Worn out? Burned out on religion? Come to me.

Can a woman forget her nursing child, and not have compassion on the son of her womb?

The Lord appeared to us in the past, saying: “I have loved you with an everlasting love; I have drawn you with unfailing kindness.