Meditations on "Relationship"

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

Jesus gave us very clear instructions about loving our enemies and doing good to those who despitefully use us.

Just for today I will be unafraid, believing that as I trust in God with all my heart and lean not on my own understanding, He will lead me along a good path.

It’s easy for us to become discouraged and feel sorry for ourselves when life doesn’t go the way we think it should.

Jesus told the story of two men who went to church to pray.

At some point in our lives we became aware that we were powerless over our dependencies and that our lives had become unmanageable.

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

We come into recovery because we recognize we are powerless over addictive substances, people, or things that we've become dependent on to sustain life as we know it.

Many of us had our character shaped in addiction by isolation and getting our own way in whatever way we could.

Happy New Year! There is a line in a Christian music song which says, God has "opened up my future, closed my past.

Many of us face a new year wondering about the unknown.

As we consider our future, we need to take time to reflect on where we have been and where we want to go from here.