Meditations on "Powerless"

Disharmony in our family, addiction, poverty, loneliness or other conflicts may have been part of our story.

The following words from a Psalm by King David were written after he had allowed his lust for a woman to lead him down the path of sexual immorality and murder.

The writer of today’s Psalm is putting his faith in a righteous and faithful God, and He asks Him to listen to his cry for help.

As we remember service men and women who served our nation in times of war and other national troubles, it’s good to be mindful of words from the Bible that prompt us to remember God’s help in our time of need.

When we admitted we were powerless over our dependencies and our lives had become unmanageable we were, in a sense, like the man robbed and beaten in the parable of the good Samaritan.

The Bible makes it clear that God detests lying. Most of the time we did not speak the truth.

Before we were willing to admit that we were powerless over our dependencies and our lives were unmanageable, there may have been a time when we really wanted to do good but were unable to do so.

"Live and let live" is one of those slogans that encourages us to consider if our desire for control is becoming an issue we need to deal with.

Often, when we come into recovery, we have no sense of why our life problems took us down the road of addiction.

No matter how far away God seems, we can call out to Him and He will always respond.

When we are feeling sick we usually go to the doctor so that we can find out what might be wrong with us.

One of the promises given to us as we grow in our recovery is: No matter how far down the scale we have gone, we will see how our experience can benefit others.