Meditations on "Surrender"

We don’t need to be told that emotional trauma is painful.

Most of us have heard the fairy-tale of the race between a rabbit and a turtle.

The long days of summer are beginning to wind down.

God is willing, and more than able, to remove all our defects of character if we humbly ask Him.

In the past, one of the lies we bought into was that the party life was where the greatest enjoyment of life was to be found.

The purpose of Step 6 of the 12-Step program is to help us address those personal defects of character that result from our discontentment with life.

Our pride often keeps us from asking for what we need.

Some of us slid into destructive and addictive lifestyles out of a desire to have friends and companions to belong to.

Many people who come into recovery seeking victory over drugs and alcohol find themselves relapsing into addictive lifestyles when they refuse to obey God’s teaching on sexual purity.

Just for today I will be unafraid, believing that as I trust in God with all my heart and lean not on my own understanding, He will lead me along a good path.

Tony Bennet sang a song, “If I Ruled the World”.

At some point in our lives we came to an understanding that we could not continue as we were.