Meditations on ""

After years of uncertainty and upheaval at every turn, it's wonderful to recover a life that has some stability.

Life without God is uncertain and dangerous but, life with God is filled with peace, and hope, and a future, as we trust in Him.

Peace and freedom will be found when we take responsibility for the choices we have made and deal with the consequences.

We did not become powerless over our dependencies in a day, and it is certain we will not get freedom from them in a day. We need to learn about God and His power to free us. We also need to learn from people who have knowledge of the path we are on and are willing to share their experience, strength, and hope with us.

When we talk about intimacy, we are usually referring to a close, familiar, protective, loving relationship between two persons. Our Heavenly Father desires to have an intimate relationship with us.

To live without fear we must intentionally choose to believe God and receive the kindness and tenderness He offers us.

When thanksgiving becomes a way of life rather than a day of celebration on the calendar, life will change for us.

Practicing an attitude of gratitude – is this just a happy little catchphrase or something to think about one day a year on the Thanksgiving holiday, or is it a way of facing each day that changes our perspective on life?

Asking God to remove all our shortcomings and making amends to those we have harmed sets us free to seek the will of God for our lives. Our cheerful faces will begin to reflect the measure of God’s love within us.

God has help for us as we take an inventory of the words that come out of our hearts and are expressed in these ways. In Proverbs, a book of wisdom, we are given several comparisons of good and bad words. This should help us sort out what words to keep and what words to learn to eliminate.

It is not God's plan that we swing between the extremes of being pushy or being passive.

To come out of the shadows and live in the light, we must be willing to shift our focus from our grief and woundedness to God’s comfort and care.