Meditations on ""

After we courageously admitted that our lives were unmanageable, we then came to believe that we needed a power greater than ourselves to restore us to sanity.

The writer of the following Psalm starts by calling everyone to listen to what he has to say.

Step 10 advises us to continue to take personal inventory and, when we are wrong, promptly admit it.

We are lifting others up and valuing their kindness when we tell them how much we appreciate their support.

In the Bible we read that Jesus was repeatedly sensitive to people and what they were going through, and He reached out to them with mercy and compassion.

E For some of us, a lifestyle in addiction grew out of our frustration with negative events in our life.

On pages 83-84 of the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous we read twelve promises that will happen as we diligently work the twelve steps.

Before anyone gives their will and life over to the care of God, the Scriptures tell us they are dead in their trespasses and sins.

The writer of today’s Psalm is putting his faith in a righteous and faithful God, and He asks Him to listen to his cry for help.

Living with God in recovery often presents difficult challenges such as: waiting for something we feel desperately in need of right now; not retaliating with anger when someone offends us; living with less when we could scam our way into having more; and facing the consequences of revealing a difficult truth.

As we begin to follow God’s principles in all our affairs, we may have questions about the future and how God is going to work everything together for our good and His glory.

As we remember service men and women who served our nation in times of war and other national troubles, it’s good to be mindful of words from the Bible that prompt us to remember God’s help in our time of need.