Meditations on "Inventory"

As we plan a time and place to draw near to God and bring our inventory of character defects before Him, we can ask God to do what is necessary in us so that they can be removed.

The saying "Straighten Up and Fly Right" has been around since Nat King Cole wrote and recorded a song with this title many years ago.

An important character strength to develop is tolerance – being patient, understanding, and accepting of something different.

When we have made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves and admitted to God, ourselves, and another human being the exact nature of our wrongs, do we see ourselves, in comparison to others, as more worthy or less worthy of God’s forgiveness?

We are not very far into our recovery program when we come face to face with Step Four which asks us to make a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.

When someone or something is the best that it can be, we say it is mature or complete.

Making decisions and taking responsibility for our choices requires courage.

The longer we are in sobriety the more we recognize that we have lots to learn.

We all know that our thoughts and emotions significantly impact our health.

It’s a useful practice to take regular inventory of our lives.

The 12-Step Road often seems a long and winding one to us and some of us think we can reach our destination by taking shortcuts that are more agreeable.

In the prayer Jesus taught His friends when they asked Him how to pray there is a line that says, "Your kingdom come.