Partners in Hope

Living in recovery requires that we keep away from our old stomping grounds and from the people who are still out there. It is much wiser to seek the company of someone who has been in recovery for a time and can share their experience in avoiding the pitfalls that lead to relapse.

How many of us have caused trouble for others by telling lies about them? If lies were told about us, how would we respond? How should we?

As we get to know the Lord Jesus our self-centered attitude begins to change and, with care and compassion, we become more aware of what is happening in the lives of others. We respond to others with kindness even when they are unkind to us because we are familiar with the place they are at.

How many of us who have given our will and our life over to the care of God have taken time to acknowledge all that we received by making that decision? At times we may focus more on what we let go of rather than on what we have received. Today we take a moment to to talk to God and refocus.

A lot of destructive attitudes and behaviours are based in the poverty mentality that results from our belief that our needs are not being met. Today is a new opportunity to let go of this poverty mentality and to live in the security of God’s promises to meet all our daily needs.

When problems arise it is easy to forget that God cares.  We often feel alone and vulnerable.  Daily life continues regardless of the heartache we are experiencing and somehow we must cope.  We feel like orphans with no one to care for us.  We forget God’s promise to help us and often believe He has abandoned us.  However, God does not forget His beloved.  We just need to call on Him and He will answer us.