Meditations on "Inventory"

A well-known sinful woman came to a place where Jesus was eating dinner with some religious leaders of His time.

What tools am I using to help me assess, reflect, learn, and grow in my recovery?

Suppose we looked in a mirror and found we had something smeared around our mouth.

Taking a regular inventory helps us maintain a balanced view of our progress.

Jesus said that we are to love God with all our heart, soul, mind and strength, and love our neighbour as ourselves.

How are we expected to know what is right? How do we know what is wrong?

When we think of the shortcomings in our character, do we immediately have a sense of remorse or are we more likely to try to justify them?

The basic questions to ask when making a searching and fearless moral inventory are, "God what does my life look like to you?

What is the challenge for us as we reflect on making a searching, fearless, and moral inventory based on God’s way of living as revealed in the Bible?

The practice of gossip is extremely destructive to our growth in living with God in recovery.

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

Many of us identify a fearful person as a coward, someone who is not assertive, or someone who cowers when intimidated.