When we are not feeling good about ourselves or our performance and someone takes the time to encourage us with kind words, we immediately start to feel better. Kind words are like scaffolding that helps support our confidence as we keep moving forward. Early recovery is not easy and requires patience amid the chaos. If we have been in recovery for a time, we need to continue to be patient with ourselves and supportive of those who are just newbies on the path. “Rome was not built in a day” is a true saying.
Attending recovery meetings is a way to be supported and to support others. Being truthful about where we are at or what we are learning may help another person. Honouring each person’s role is important as well as following the principle of “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.” Doing our best not to provoke anger in others is one more way to be caring. We need to bless and pray for each other. God instructed that His people should be blessed with the following words:
When we pray for discernment in how to bless a person, God will give us the appropriate words to say. If we follow the path of seeking God’s input, all our words will be supportive and an encouragement to those who hear them.
Let us stop judging one another. Instead, decide not to put anything in the way of a brother or sister. Don’t put anything in their way that would make them trip and fall. (Romans 14:13 NIRV)
Prayer: Loving God, Please keep me from causing a person to stumble by the words I speak. Set a watch over my mouth so that my words are always sweet to another’s soul and health to their whole body. Help me to be like scaffolding, supportive in all my ways. Amen
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