Partners in Hope

We must stop using our problems as an excuse to sit on the sidelines of life.

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?

Everything Jesus said and did showed us the amazing qualities of God. He made the lives of people around Him better by sharing God’s truth with them, and by pouring out compassion, healing, and forgiveness on them. In a way that’s a bit like what happens when salt is added to food, so the presence and words of Jesus seasoned the lives of everyone He met and made them better. We can be flavoured with that same hope and trust by the salt of God’s word as we read and come to know how God truly can make a difference in our lives.

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.