Thanks God, For My Life And My Recovery

Tuesday January 25, 2022

Each day in recovery is another opportunity to learn and grow. We all know that to stand strong in recovery we need God to do for us what we cannot do for ourselves, but we also need to do for ourselves what we can. Today we are invited to remember, celebrate, and give thanks for what God has done for us that we could never have done for ourselves.

Let me tell you what God did for me. I called out to him with my mouth, my tongue shaped the sounds of music. If I had been cozy with evil, the Lord would never have listened. But he most surely did listen, he came on the double when he heard my prayer. Blessed be God: he didn’t turn a deaf ear, he stayed with me, loyal in his love. (Psalm 66:16b-20 MSG)

Sometimes winter months seem long and gloomy and there are also moments in recovery when we feel like the journey has been long and hard. At times like these, it is good to pause and reflect on how different things are now compared to when we were struggling in our brokenness. Today, let’s take time to hit the “pause button”, look around us, and see those things we are grateful for.

At the core of our recovery is the God who was there for us when we recognized our powerlessness and admitted that our life was unmanageable. He listened to us and, as the Bible quote above says, “came on the double when he heard my prayer.” God didn’t just come quickly and help us take that first step, but He has stayed with us and tenderly expressed His love for us during days in recovery when it was hard for us to hang on and keep going.

Bless our God, O peoples! Give him a thunderous welcome! Didn’t he set us on the road to life? Didn’t he keep us out of the ditch? (Psalm 66:8-9 MSG)

Wherever we share today – on our phone, in a conversation, or at a meeting – let’s share with gratitude about our gracious God who set us on the road to life.

Prayer: Heavenly Father, Thank You for being there for me when I couldn’t even be there for myself. Thank You for making a way for me to receive forgiveness and healing and life before I even asked You for it. Today, I reaffirm my trust in Jesus, who did for me on the cross what I could never do for myself. Today I thank You for my life. Amen

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