Meditations on "Acceptance"

Surrendering to God is an everyday ongoing moment-by-moment process of turning away from self-will and choosing for the will of God in every situation. 

If we ask God to show us the root cause of our actions, He will expose those things that keep us in bondage to our former ways.

What a blessing when we could finally say to God, “Take my will and my life and make them conform to the plans You have for me.” 

But if you refuse to forgive others, your Father will not forgive your sins. (Matthew 6:15)

However, if we try to live our life with selective surrender to God’s will, our chosen disobedience will cause us to stumble and fall.

The quicker we admit we got it wrong, the quicker we can build on the lesson learned. 

We thought that the pain and dysfunction experienced in our addiction was the only problem but now realize there were other contributing factors

We can’t change the fact that our world is imperfect, but we can choose our attitude. 

The Lord is compassionate and merciful, slow to get angry and filled with unfailing love (Psalm 103:8)

The wise are cautious and avoid danger; fools plunge ahead with reckless confidence. (Proverbs 14:16 NLT)

All of us are vulnerable to relapses when we are feeling lonely, frustrated or dissatisfied with life. 

Each of us knows deep down inside us that there must be a God for we are unable to cope with life on our own.