Meditations on "Recovery"

As we seek to live in recovery and face our troubles and challenges, it's easy to become discouraged and feel sorry for ourselves when things don’t seem to be fair.

God has given gifts to everyone; no one has been left out.

How many of us who have given our will and life over to the care of God have taken time to consider what we have received through making that decision?

There are many things about God to love but one of the most amazing is, even when we are running around in addiction and find ourselves in chaotic, life-threatening situations, if we call out to Him, God will help us.

What is the spiritual awakening we come to experience as we walk with God in recovery?

As we get to know God in this process of coming to believe that a power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity, we’re often not sure that God will hear and answer our prayers.

Who wants trouble? None of us do and if we listen to God’s counsel there’s a lot of trouble we can avoid.

Too many of us carry a harsh picture of God and believe He looks for ways to be displeased with us.

To hate is to have an intense dislike for something or someone.

Many of us blame God because bad things happened to us when we were powerless to change the situation.

I will take time to notice the gifts in me, in others, and in my surroundings and let the rest go.

Being conscious of who we are and our place in life is often considered to be “self-perception.