Recovery Meditations

One of the places where we learn about God’s offer of loving relationship with us is through Step 11 in the 12 Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous.

Prayer to our gracious God and meditation on His word are the tools that help us build our lives with God.

When life is overwhelming, we often use addictive habits as a hiding place from overpowering emotions.

Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think.

From the beginning God has been intentionally aware of us and longing for us to live in conscious contact with Him.

"Sticks and stones will break my bones but names will never hurt me" .

Who are we? How do we see ourselves today? If we let the things of the past continue to shape who we are, then we are clinging to our old self and at some point we are vulnerable to relapse.

What happens when some of our usual identification points are marred by events which were totally out of our control or by choices we have made?

Recently I was searching on the internet for graphics and came upon one that showed those red and white name tags we stick on our shirts at gatherings.

For the past couple of days we've been thinking about guilt - why we feel guilty and what we should do about it.

Finally, I confessed all my sins to you and stopped trying to hide my guilt.

Many of us are plagued with a nagging sense of guilt--sometimes repeatedly throughout the day.