Meditations on "Wisdom"

How does communication with God change lives for people in recovery?

What does prayer have to do with recovery, particularly relapse prevention?

S Brennan Manning wrote a book called, “Living In The Wisdom of Accepted Tenderness.

We will always feel vulnerable when we choose to live life without God.

This week we are exploring a way of life that “sees the doughnut rather than the hole.

People living with a victim mentality often believe that it is impossible to get well.

When we let confusion reign in our minds we live as though in turbulent waters, allowing ourselves to be tossed about like the waves of the sea.

Political leaders have come and gone. Sometimes we like those who have been elected to power and other times we wonder what happened on the campaign trail.

Some of us may have awakened this morning to the fact that our lives are unmanageable and that we are powerless over our addictive behaviour.

Many of us face a new year wondering about the unknown.

Favor with God is a special blessing of God to us. It releases an attraction within us that others are drawn to, empowering them to become willing to cooperate with us in those things we are planning to do.

Step 11: We sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God, as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry it out.