Meditations on "Acceptance"

Joy is a sign that a person is thriving rather than just surviving.

We need to be patient with each other until we come to unity in our faith in this amazing God who has been extremely patient with all of us.

We can’t change the fact that our world is imperfect, but we can choose our attitude.

Unless we have the Power greater than ourselves living in us, God knows we would never be able to fulfill our promises.

We are blessed today with a clear conscience as we confess our wrongs to God and allow Him to remove our sin.

Surrendering to God is an everyday ongoing moment-by-moment process of turning away from self-will and choosing for the will of God in every situation. 

If we ask God to show us the root cause of our actions, He will expose those things that keep us in bondage to our former ways.

What a blessing when we could finally say to God, “Take my will and my life and make them conform to the plans You have for me.” 

But if you refuse to forgive others, your Father will not forgive your sins. (Matthew 6:15)

However, if we try to live our life with selective surrender to God’s will, our chosen disobedience will cause us to stumble and fall.

The quicker we admit we got it wrong, the quicker we can build on the lesson learned. 

We thought that the pain and dysfunction experienced in our addiction was the only problem but now realize there were other contributing factors