Meditations on "Surrender"

Asking God to remove all our defects of character is giving Him permission to expose and remove those things that are hindering our ability to live life to the full.

“Principles before personalities” is one of those sayings we hear at Alcoholics Anonymous meetings.

Do I matter? Does anyone notice me? Does anyone care?

As we become willing to have God remove our defects of character, we commit to being persons who desire God’s will instead of our own.

We are just moving into summer and hopefully looking forward to long hours and days in the sunshine.

God doesn’t lie. God doesn’t sugar coat the truth.

Jesus says: “I am the way, the truth, and the life.

So don’t be misled, my dear brothers and sisters.

All our lives God has pursued us with His love, but we were usually too self-absorbed to stop and listen to Him.

For all of us it is difficult to face pain and need in our lives.

When we turn our will and our life over to the care of God we are surrendering ourselves to the work of God in our lives.

When we admitted that our lives had become unmanageable, many of us entered into detox and then treatment programs where we found support, and daily we grew stronger.