Recovery Meditations

A troublemaker plants seeds of strife; gossip separates the best of friends.

To live without fear we must intentionally receive the kindness and tenderness that is offered by God.

When King David did an inventory of his heart he exposed murder and adultery and lying and self-righteous pride.

God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them.

As we learned yesterday, we begin the process of changing our selfish self-centered way of living by first turning our will and our lives over to God.

The Big Book of AA describes the significance of our problem with selfishness in this way: "There often seems no way of entirely getting rid of self without His [God's] aid.

We might consider that we’ve entered into recovery when we stop using our substance of choice or quit the destructive habit that has contributed to our destructive way of life.

Life in addiction narrowed our focus to a self-centered view of what we wanted or thought we needed.

There are times when life treats us unfairly. We may protest the injustices, fall victim to self-pity, give in to a “poor me” kind of attitude, or sink into depression.

Serenity: What is it? How do I get it? Why do I lose it?

As we noted yesterday, from Adam and Eve all through the generations to the generation alive today, people have lived in an environment where good and evil are mixed.

What matters to God is how we make our choices today?