Meditations on "Recovery"

Healing takes place when we strip away the excuses and look at the event in the light of God’s love.

Integrity is built over time as we diligently apply God’s teachings to the choices we make.

Even though our feelings may go up and down, there is nothing that can hide us from God’s presence. 

As we stay on the path, one step at a time we will find that practicing self-control really does bring the good things that God has planned for us.

Recovery is more about the story of God’s faithfulness to us than it is about our strength to endure.

It’s time to open our minds and hearts to God and watch Him act on our behalf.

With God, we truly have had a spiritual awakening.

Just as water is essential for natural life, so being filled up with God’s Spirit is essential for spiritual life. 

God promises to heal us and give us the power and strength we need to live the meaningful life we desire. 

We can ignore the fact that Jesus died for us and perish with our sins, or we can choose to accept that Jesus died to pay the debt for our sins and to give us the gift of an eternal relationship with the Living God. 

The God who created this earth and put natural laws in place has also given us spiritual laws that are in operation.

Those who make steady progress in recovery and find one day becoming one month, one year, and then one decade, are those who remain focused and pay careful attention each day to what works.  We call this being diligent.