Meditations on "Surrender"

God says we are precious in His sight. God, through Jesus, has provided a way for us to leave shame behind and live in honour and dignity, regardless of what has happened in our past.

Covering up traumatic events with painkillers does not make them go away.  In fact, as so many of us can testify, the memories, whether we are consciously aware of them or not, cause fear and shame to grow and become like mountains that block and confuse our thinking and affect our behaviour.  God invites us to bring the trauma we have suffered and its impact on us to Him for comfort and healing.

We need to discipline ourselves to rejoice in the encouragement that God’s word brings and embrace the unfailing love of God.

Recovery is a process where, with God and trusted caring people, we begin to come alive …and start dealing with our darkest secrets.

Recovery begins when we admit that the power behind our addiction is beyond our control.

Will we, like Thomas, realize that something incredible happens when we ask Jesus to show us who He truly is?

God invites us to a gentle and humble way of life that gives us peace and fills us with joy.

As we make conscious contact with God a priority, He will faithfully change our desires.

As we follow God’s principles in all our affairs, we will experience great peace, and nothing will cause us to stumble.

God invites us to the peace and security of living in the truth that He truly does care for us.

God is more interested in our long term peace and stability than in our demands of the moment.

Today, I reaffirm my trust in Jesus, who has done for me on the cross what I could not do for myself