Meditations on "Powerless"

Where we have done wrong, we promptly admit it and allow God to show mercy to us and grant us His forgiveness.

The Big Book of AA describes the significance of our problem with self-centeredness in this way: “Many of us had moral and philosophical convictions galore, but we could not live up to them even though we would have liked to. Neither could we reduce our self-centeredness much by wishing or trying on our own power. We had to have God's help."

While some may think that expressing anger is a sign of strength, it is actually allowing our weakness to show. For us to get well we need to learn new ways to handle stress or fearful circumstances.

We need to deal with our feelings about a person in a "let go and let God" way.

God alone knows what is best for each person. Only God has the foreknowledge necessary to guide us over the long haul.

If we want to stay on track in our recovery, we need to have a mindset that reflects our intention to get well and stay well.

God wants us to “get it right.” If we will pay attention to, and obey what we learn from God’s Word, God’s Spirit will lead us on the right path every time.

Each of us was created to do good work and giving an honest effort will bring us satisfaction. When we are too lazy to bother, our world becomes confusing, we feel less and less able to cope, and our ability to do so declines.

Forgiveness is the only way to stop the pain of a buried grudge.

Do we recognize how much Jesus suffered so that we could be set free from the power of sin?

Sometimes we think we have got recovery because we are feeling fine. It's when we think like this that we are most vulnerable to relapse to our substance of choice, or habit, or of sliding into other unhealthy behaviours.

We wanted change but were not always willing to humbly ask God to make those changes in us.