Meditations on "Recovery"

Our well-being in recovery often appears to us to be dependent on us resolving a problem that is totally outside of our control.

As we become willing to have God remove our defects of character we commit to being persons who desire God’s will instead of our own.

We will experience freedom and fulfillment in life only when God’s desires become our desires, God’s way becomes our way, and God’s word becomes our action plan.

God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble.

Unexpected circumstances that arise on any given day may result in us feeling out of sorts and insecure.

Our life in recovery takes us down new and unfamiliar paths and we are often not confident as we move forward on this journey.

In peace I will both lie down and sleep, For You alone, O Lord, make me to dwell in safety.

I cling to you; your strong right hand holds me securely.

The exact nature of our wrongs is rooted in the lie that our problems are caused by what is around us rather than what is within us.

Step Five: Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.

You keep track of all my sorrows. You have collected all my tears in your bottle.

God is aware that we cannot fix ourselves. Life is a gift.