Meditations on "Surrender"

When we turn our will and life over to the care of God, we are admitting that we cannot do life on our own and from this day forward are willing to let God direct our lives.

Jesus is risen from the dead! Because He lives, we also shall live.

Our experience of love and satisfaction in life is tied directly to being obedient to the ways of God.

We often give up on God before His plan, in His perfect timing, takes effect.

Many of us know from personal experience, and from what we have seen and heard from others, that the consequences of a lifestyle of drug or alcohol misuse can be devastating.

We hope for all sorts of things. When we struggle with life, we hope we can make it through one more day.

Being conscious of who we are and our place in life is often considered to be “self-perception.

Our life with God in recovery should be one of continual learning and growing.

Our life in recovery is often like travelling on an unknown path.

An autonomous person is someone who is capable of making an informed decision about something on their own without having the input of another.

What does it mean to humbly ask God to remove our shortcomings?

The purpose of Step 6 is to help us address those personal defects of character that result from our discontentment with life.