Meditations on "Powerless"

Happy New Year! Really? Some of us may have woken up this morning to the fact that our lives are unmanageable and that we are powerless over our addictive behaviour.

T For those of us who live in the northern hemisphere this is the shortest day and the longest night of the year.

To some degree, all of us rely on ourselves to do those things that are important for life and happiness.

In Step 2 of the 12-Step program we came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.

To be flexible means that we are adaptable and willing to yield when circumstances require short or long-term change.

When we repented of our sin and believed in the death and resurrection of Jesus to set us free from the power of sin, we were reconciled to our Heavenly Father.

How do we respond to the blessings God freely gives when we come to accept all Jesus has done for us and turn our will and life over to His care?

When we came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity, what did we understand about that Power?

For all of us there came a time when we could no longer avoid the realization that our lives were a mess.

What came first the chicken or the egg? When we called out to God in our powerlessness, did we suddenly show up on His ‘locating system’ or was He already waiting and available when we called for help?

Often, physical or emotional abuse exists in relationships where one or both parties are in some form of addiction.

Those of us who are recovering from the mess of our lives know there is a hunger and thirst within us for something more than what life has offered us so far.