Meditations on "Wisdom"

Just for today I will try to live in conscious contact with God praying only for knowledge of His will and the power to carry it out.

While watching the evening news, we often hear about a disaster caused by someone driving while drunk or high, or we might learn the next grim statistic in the crisis around the world due to opioid addiction.

Co-dependency is a relationship addiction. People who are co-dependent often form relationships that are one-sided, emotionally destructive, and often abusive.

Audio for CHARACTER STRENGTH – BEING GENEROUS God wants us to be responsible and generous with all He has given us – time, abilities, money, possessions.

To live with wisdom in recovery requires humility. We need to acknowledge, “I don’t really know what is best for me but I’m willing to try new ways and learn from the experience of others.

When we are faced with a recurring problem we often just want it to go away so we can be done with it.

As we seek to live in recovery and face life’s troubles and challenges, it's easy to become discouraged and feel sorry for ourselves when things appear not to be fair.

When we turned our will and life over to God many of us had hope for a quick turnaround in our lives.

How many of us are confident in our decision making?

Many of us have been in the company of others who think they know everything but when they open their mouths not much wisdom comes out.

When we wake up each morning, are our first thoughts about a desire to praise God for His grace and goodness to us or, are they focused on our problems and things that need to be done?

"Live and let live" is one of those slogans that encourage us to consider if our desire for control is becoming an issue we need to deal with.