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Facing Today With Courage

Friday April 5, 2024

It takes courage to live in recovery.  Admitting that our lives were unmanageable and that we were powerless to sort ourselves out took real courage. Asking for help also required courage as we turned our will and life over to the care of God.

Be strong! Be fearless! Don’t be afraid and don’t be scared by your enemies, because the Lord your God is the one who marches with you. He won’t let you down, and he won’t abandon you.  (Deuteronomy 31:6 CEB)

When we know that our will and our lives are secure in God’s care we no longer need to fear confronting our problems.  We can face each day without the mood-altering substances or habits that we thought we needed because we are never alone to cope with anything that comes our way.  We can look at what it means to take responsibility for ourselves and stop blaming others for where we are at today.  We can face feelings of weakness and insecurity no matter how many challenges are involved in sorting out our hearts and our circumstances.  Do we feel like we can do this?  Probably not!
Feeling strong is not essential to action.  Knowing God is with us and promises us victory steadies us and gives us the courage to do the next right thing, even in our weakest moment.  When we feel fear, guilt, or shame, we can immediately hand those reactions over to God who has promised us forgiveness and healing for all our woundedness.  We can face and overcome anything, not on our own, but when God lives in us. The Big Book of AA reminds us:  We will suddenly realize that God is doing for us what we could not do for ourselves. 

Through you [God] we push down our foes; through your name we tread down those who rise up against us.  (Psalm 44:5 ESV)

Prayer:  Loving God, Live in me today.  Remind me in my weakest moment that You are with me and that You will never leave me.  You are so much stronger than anything that comes against me.  I stand with You today and trust You to stand with me.  Amen

  

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