Meditations on "Truth"

When we first come into recovery many of us are intimidated by the thought of speaking to God in prayer.

There’s nothing more satisfying than finishing a job and having someone say, “What a good job you’ve done!

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.

Rarely have we seen a person fail who has thoroughly followed our path .

When we turned our will and life over to the care of God, we started a life journey to live sober.

A lot of us would admit that we acted immaturely in our former relationships, and that we used and abused others so that we could get what we wanted when we wanted it.

Moving forward in identifying character defects and allowing God to help us develop our true character is no easy process.

A sincere person is one who is honest, who doesn’t create false impressions, and who doesn’t operate with selfish motives.

God invites us to a life of gentleness where we honour truth, respect the dignity of everyone – including ourselves, and delight in the joy and wonder of each new day.

When we pray for God’s will for us and the power to carry it out, God just doesn’t point to something unfocused in the distance.

In the Bible Jesus told a story about a father and two sons (Luke 15:11-31) The younger of the two boys became dissatisfied with life in his father’s household and believed life away from home was more desirable.