Meditations on ""

Depending on a given situation we often find ourselves caught in the tension between our desire for justice or mercy.

There are many reasons to be thankful to the Lord for all He has done for us.

Step 10 of the 12-Step program encourages us to stay on track in our recovery with the following words: “We continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it.

God wants us to “get it right.” If we will pay attention and obey what we learn from God’s Word, God’s Spirit will lead us on the right path every time.

Many of us want to have healthy bodies and therefore are careful about what we are eating and drinking.

As God draws us into a deeper relationship with Him, the devil and his forces of darkness try to make us doubt God and His Word as recorded in the Bible.

Many of us, prior to seeking help, lived in an unmanageable lifestyle and had never taken the time to familiarize ourselves with the 12-Step program.

Today in North America we honour and give thanks for the collective labour-force of our nation which includes people from our families and those in our communities.

When we have completed the twelve steps of our recovery program, we are just at the beginning of our new way of life.

Making amends requires a will to do so. Some of us struggle to be sorry for our actions towards others or are more offended by what another person did to cause our reaction.

“We came to believe that a power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.

When we decided to give our will and life over to the care of God, many of us were unsure of our identity and, if we are honest, are still uncertain of who we are right now, and certainly about who we will become.