Meditations on "Truth"

In the Bible Jesus told a story about a father and two sons (Luke 15:11-31) The younger of the two boys became dissatisfied with life in his father’s household and believed life away from home was more desirable.

When we come into recovery one of our priorities must be sorting life according to what is true.

An owl makes us think of wisdom. We assume a person who reads a lot of books or has a few college degrees must have a lot of wisdom.

Many of us blame God because bad things happened to us when we were powerless to change the situation.

To live with wisdom in recovery requires humility.

Co-dependency is a relationship addiction. People who are co-dependent often form relationships that are one-sided, emotionally destructive, and often abusive.

Self-worth is the value we see in ourselves and our role in life.

Just for today I will take note of one helpful thing God is saying to me and seek to behave accordingly.

Becoming strong and steady in our recovery requires that we keep on listening and learning from God's Word and from the experience, strength, and hope of others.

Steadily moving forward in recovery is not easy. As we awaken out of the haze of years in addiction our minds are often filled with memories of things done to us and things we have done to others.

To be suspicious can be good or bad depending on the circumstances.

When we struggle to do what is right it can be helpful to remember that God knows about the battle and provides a promise for success with a clear strategy for attaining it, “keep alert and pray”.