Partners in Hope

Recovery is more about the story of God’s faithfulness to us than it is about our strength to endure.

We thought that the pain and dysfunction experienced in our addiction was the only problem but now realize there were other contributing factors

As we walk with God, we will become more confident that He truly is a place of refuge from the storms of life

An important character strength to develop is tolerance – being patient, understanding, and accepting of something different.  We live in a world where there is a mixture of many cultures and behaviours, traditions and beliefs.  For many of us, part of the challenge to be tolerant is learning how to be around others who are at a different place in their life journey than we are in ours.

We were created to live securely by living in the care of God – the God who loves us perfectly, weaknesses and all, and yet we’ve all been in stressful or frightening situations where the “fight or flight” response has been activated in us. What does Jesus have to say to us in these kinds of situations?

"Nevertheless" - what kind of word is what? We don't hear it so often now but it meant something very significant to folks in our parents and grandparents generation and has something wonderful to remind us about today.