Meditations on "Relationship"

Contentment in life does not come from trying to control someone so they will meet our needs, or by trying to please them so they will like us and make us feel secure.

Why does God bother with rebellious humankind? As we read stories in the Bible, we notice that the people of God are fickle.

Shame is a powerful emotion that repeatedly tells us we are worthless, unacceptable, unforgiveable, and have no place in a loving relationship.

How many times have we spoken before we thought and, as the saying goes, “put our foot in our mouth?

To become willing to follow God's ways every day is a challenge for us who are used to running our own lives.

When making an inventory of our lives before God, some basic questions to ask are: "God what does my life look like to you?

We live in a beautiful world created by God. Because God desired a people for Himself, He made humans in His own image.

Some of us in recovery circles know what it is like to live in plenty and others of us have experienced what it is like to live in poverty.

Often people who have no relationship with God will pray when they are in trouble or when they urgently need help in a time of great distress.

We all need hope. Today we are affirming the hope within us that what has been impossible for us to do on our own becomes possible when we reach out for help to a power greater than ourselves.

An important part of recovery is coming to a truthful view of what happened in our relationships.

In our addiction, many of us had our character shaped through isolation and getting our own way in whatever way we could.