Meditations on "Denial"

Reprogramming our minds may be challenging at first because some of our thinking is hidden in the comfort of the half-truths that we believe.

No one is worse off or better off than us. Their journey of recovery is just different.

When Jesus says our wrongs are forgiven, they are truly forgiven.

Only God has the power to help us sort out the issues underneath our anger.

Whatever the goal, the way to success is to plan how we will work to achieve it.

Our choice when we feel down is either to believe and act on the promises God has made us, or to believe the lie the evil one is telling us.

Irritability and anger are likely reflective of something going on deep inside us. We need to be willing to expose the underlying reason for our wounded heart.

Covering up traumatic events with painkillers does not make them go away.  In fact, as so many of us can testify, the memories, whether we are consciously aware of them or not, cause fear and shame to grow and become like mountains that block and confuse our thinking and affect our behaviour.  God invites us to bring the trauma we have suffered and its impact on us to Him for comfort and healing.

Recovery is a process where, with God and trusted caring people, we begin to come alive …and start dealing with our darkest secrets.

A renewed conscience clearly indicates what is morally right and good and gives warning when we are straying into wrongdoing.

We ask for help in order to get rid of anything that keeps us from living in the dignity of who God says we are.

Our neighbours shouldn’t suffer because all our love is centered on ourselves