Meditations on "Relationship"

All who listen to me will live in peace, untroubled by fear of harm.

One of the places where we learn about God’s offer of a loving relationship is through Step 11 of the Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous.

The daily practice of speaking with God in prayer and meditating on His word is the blueprint that will help build our lives with God in recovery.

God, our creator, loves us with unconditional love and offers us friendship on a personal basis.

From the beginning God has known us. It is God’s desire that we walk safe and secure in the conscious awareness of His great love and care for us.

In the past, many of us primarily identified ourselves by the names people called us or by the labels they put on us.

For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.

To give our will and our lives over to the care of God requires that we develop a whole new way of thinking and believing.

Many of us who have experienced destructive lives in addiction have known the experience of being an “outsider”, of not really belonging, of feeling distanced or detached.

Your laws are wonderful. No wonder I obey them! The teaching of your word gives light, so even the simple can understand.

God’s will for men and women is to live at peace with one another.

Our pride often keeps us from asking to have our needs met.