Meditations on "Recovery"

When we entered a recovery program we may have looked around at the program staff and wondered why on earth they would choose to help us.

God invites us to joy and peace, to forgiveness and to loving relationship.

In recovery, and in life in general, situations often arise which cause us to believe that we are alone and have no one to turn to for help.

God's kingdom runs on the law of love and peace. It really does!

As we come into recovery programs we listen to and are supported by the experience, strength, and hope that others share.

Men and women who served in times of war have much to teach us from their experience, strength, and hope.

Today we remember blood that was spilled on battlefields around the world by brave men and women who gave their lives for the cause of freedom and justice.

Recovery is a gift. Life and freedom are a gift. So many others have contributed to the new life and freedom we have today.

For some of us being in control of our own lives makes us feel safe.

At 2 a.m. today, for many of us in North America, the clocks went back an hour from daylight saving time to standard time.

“I am loved by God always; I am loved without condition.

We’ve just come through another Hallowe’en day.