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Don’t Give Up Hard Work Pays Off In The End

Friday November 3, 2023

Growing and being renewed day by day is part of our physical, emotional, and spiritual life.  God has provided guidance for us in the Bible, including principles we can learn that will strengthen our desire to move forward and not give up hope.

Do all you can to add to your life these things: to your faith add goodness; to your goodness add knowledge; to your knowledge add self-control; to your self-control add patience; to your patience add devotion to God; to your devotion add kindness toward your brothers and sisters in Christ, and to this kindness add love.  (2 Peter 1:5-8 ERV) 

The old saying, “Rome wasn’t built in a day” is a principle that applies to us in our recovery.  We are healed one wound at a time.  We learn one lesson at a time and while we wish we could run miles ahead in a day we only achieve an inch at a time.  There is a lifetime of lessons to be learned.  God encourages us to add new practices and invites us to focus on the next part of the journey we are learning about today. We should not give up if we haven’t put into practice everything we have learned, and we should not slow down and be lazy because we have already put into practice some things we have learned. 
It’s encouraging that God tells us to, ”Do all you can…” God knows us and knows what we are capable of doing in a day.  His expectations are not unrealistic.  We may feel stretched, but God will never expect more of us than what we can handle.  God will always be near and will strengthen us as we grow in our love for Him and for those around us. 

We must keep wanting what God requires even while we struggle to learn and grow in His ways.  God knows how to get us to the finish line.

God began a good work in you. And I am sure that he will carry it on until it is completed. That will be on the day Christ Jesus returns. (Philippians 1:6 NIRV)

Prayer: Loving God, Thank You for being near to me and for Your continual guidance on my path to new life. Amen

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