Meditations on "Truth"

Many of us are plagued throughout the day with a nagging sense of guilt.

Steps 1, 2, and 3 of the 12-Step program help us develop faith in Jesus Christ, a power greater than ourselves who can restore us to sanity.

There’s nothing more satisfying than finishing a job and having someone say, “What a good job!

When Jesus was on earth, He often went off on His own to pray.

In Step 7 we come to God and humbly ask Him to remove our shortcomings.

Self-deception is really another way of explaining a lifestyle of denial.

As we plan a time and place to draw near to God and bring our inventory of character defects before Him, we can ask God to do what is necessary in us so that they can be removed.

Recovery is hard work. Sometimes we feel joy in the journey and other times we don’t seem to feel anything at all.

To make restitution is to restore something that was stolen or lost.

Step 5 of the 12-Step program of AA asks that we admit to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.

Before we were willing to admit that we were powerless over our dependencies and our lives were unmanageable, there may have been a time when we really wanted to do good but were unable to do so.

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