Meditations on "Acceptance"

No one is worse off or better off than us. Their journey of recovery is just different.

To be effective in our new life in recovery, we need to choose to follow God’s ways. We need to find new sources of interest and a new set of skills to help us stay clean and sober.

One of our first priorities in recovery is sorting our life practices according to the truth.

When Jesus says our wrongs are forgiven, they are truly forgiven.

Just for today I have every reason to be joyful, optimistic, and grateful.

It is difficult for us to believe and admit that our familiar defective way of handling challenging situations is not superior to God’s way.

We need not be troubled or allow doubts to sink us. Jesus is always with us, ready to reach out and help us.

When we give our will and life over to the care of God our sins are forgiven, and we are guaranteed life forevermore with our Heavenly Father. What we need to develop is, knowledge of the wonderful plan God has for our lives, and understanding of how we are to put that plan into action.

As followers of Jesus we represent God in all our interactions. How would Jesus speak or behave towards another person? That answer should be our guide.

God wants us to “get it right.” If we will pay attention to, and obey what we learn from God’s Word, God’s Spirit will lead us on the right path every time.

Only God is patient enough to love us and walk with us through all the twists and turns on the journey we need to take to develop patience.

The all-powerful God who created us and the amazing world in which we live, loves and cares about each one of us. If He is sought, He promises to help us.