Meditations on ""

Jesus encountered a man who had been sick a long time.

People with a victim mentality often confuse love with pity or rescue.

A person with a victim mentality has learned to focus on suffering while trying to avoid more at any cost.

A victim is a person who has been abused, hurt, or oppressed, and is without the needed knowledge or power to change their circumstances.

Our record of living in loving and faithful ways while we were caught in addiction didn't look pretty.

God is faithful to us. God has also given us many practical commands for faithfulness in our service to others including our spouse, our friends, and those who are suffering.

Jesus gave us very clear instructions about loving our enemies and doing good to those who despitefully use us.

Sometimes we feel unwanted, unloved or uncared for.

How do we feel when people who should recognize us don’t?

Three of the most comforting, encouraging, and life-giving words in the English language are, "I love you".

How many of us feel like we truly belong? Much addictive and destructive behaviour is rooted in loneliness.

When some of us first came into recovery, we were so thankful to get away from the chaos of our addictive lifestyle that we were ready to do whatever it took to be free from the person we had become.