Meditations on "Truth"

If we want to experience healthy and joyful relationships with God and with others each day of our lives, we will have to be willing to change our former ways.

God blesses those who work for peace. In recovery we have the responsibility to live in ways that honour and support truth that leads to peace.

An important part of living with God in recovery is coming to an accurate view of what went wrong in our relationships and doing our part to make things right.

When we first come into recovery we may have feelings of anxiety or depression.

Feelings of rejection challenge three beliefs that humans need to affirm in order to be healthy: I belong; I have worth; I am adequate and/or competent.

Audio for ACCEPTED IN THE BELOVED (1) Each of us will experience some degree of rejection in our lives.

When we think of the shortcomings in our character, do we immediately have a sense of remorse or are we more likely to try to justify them?

As we remember service men and women who helped their comrades in times of war and trouble, it’s also good to be mindful of beautiful words in the Bible that describe God's help in times of need.

As we become willing to have God remove our defects of character we commit to being persons who desire God’s will instead of our own.

In peace I will both lie down and sleep, For You alone, O Lord, make me to dwell in safety.

The exact nature of our wrongs is rooted in the lie that our problems are caused by what is around us rather than what is within us.

The basic questions to ask when making a searching and fearless moral inventory are, "God what does my life look like to you?