Meditations on "Truth"

Being a phony is an intensely tiring way to live. Giving false impressions and lying to cover up attitudes or behaviours drains us of joy and energy.

To experience success in our life with God in recovery we must make a commitment to be thorough in our search for truth and then apply each learned truth to our thoughts and behaviours.

How many of us have fallen to places in life where we never thought we would find ourselves again?

While living in addiction we were emotionally unavailable to God, to others, and to ourselves.

As we come to the end of this year, a year filled with both accomplishments and failures, it’s time to reflect on the events that brought growth and joy in our journey with God in recovery.

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

In the Bible we read of many festivals that the people of Israel celebrated because God had intervened on their behalf.

As we prepare our hearts for the celebration of Christ’s birth, some of us may have negative memories and regrets about past Christmases.

We all know that staying sober starts with not picking up a drink or our drug of choice, or returning to whatever our destructive habit was.

As kids many of us sang an action song with the words, “The head bone connected to the neck bone, the neck bone connected to the shoulder bone” and on and on down the bones to the toes.

The hustle and bustle of Christmas shopping and related events is in full swing.

One day when Jesus was at a dinner party given by a religious leader an uninvited woman with a bad reputation in the community entered the room.