Meditations on "Humility"

Too many of us carry a harsh picture of God and believe He looks for ways to be displeased with us.

When we give attention to our flawed reasoning and ignore the guidance of God, we very quickly start to fear and flee into self-protection mode.

The Serenity Prayer reminds us that God is with us, God is in control, and God will help us sort out what we should take care of and what we should leave with Him.

The Bible is a handbook for living wisely. Its pages contain all sorts of guidelines for living life as our creator intended.

How are forgiveness and making amends related? In the 12 Steps we are encouraged to make a list of all persons we have harmed and become willing to make amends to them all and to then directly make those amends, except when to do so would injure.

Forgiveness is something we do in obedience to God and for our own sake in order that we can be free.

A humble life is grounded in a realistic view of ourselves.

Step Seven: We humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings.

Step Six: We were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.

My salvation and my honor depend on God; he is my mighty rock, my refuge.

To go forward in recovery we must find new direction for our lives, new ways of responding to issues, and new guidelines for making decisions.

Life is more than just about us. God wants us to be like Him with all the wonderful character qualities that give life and hope to the world around us.