Meditations on "Gratitude"

This all-powerful God is our Heavenly Father who takes great delight in us, His precious children.

God’s Spirit makes us loving, happy, peaceful, patient, kind, good, faithful, gentle, and self-controlled. Galatians 5:22-23a CEV

God keep our land glorious and free. O Canada we stand on guard for thee.

If we find it hard to love those around us, let’s ask God to fill us with His love and goodness, so we can love others as He loves us.

As we follow God’s plan for our lives, even if some details are inconvenient in the moment, we can be assured that the building of a wonderful life is in progress.

God’s unfailing love throughout our recovery is powerful enough to sustain us and help us overcome evil.

Demanding people believe they are entitled to what they deem to be their rights. On the other hand, a person making a respectful request recognizes that granting any request must be left to the discretion of the person being asked.

God knows our past, our present, and our future, and will work everything together for our good because of His great love for us.

We feel many things in recovery. Some negative and others positive. There are feelings of fear and uncertainty about our future, and guilt and shame over things done wrong in the past. If we pay attention, we will also notice feelings of joy and relief that we have finally escaped from the bondage of our addiction and recognized that we truly do need help.

Just for today I have every reason to be joyful, optimistic, and grateful.

When we give our will and life over to the care of God our sins are forgiven, and we are guaranteed life forevermore with our Heavenly Father. What we need to develop is, knowledge of the wonderful plan God has for our lives, and understanding of how we are to put that plan into action.

Our focus on day-to-day living has to be God’s agenda and giving Him opportunity to work that out in our lives.