As time passes, daily communion with
God is becoming as essential to me as
breathing in and out. I don't need a
special place to pray, because God
aways hears my call. I don't need
special words with which to pray,
because God already knows my
thoughts and my needs. I have only to
turn my attention to God, aware that
His attention is always turned to me.
Do I know that only good can come to
me if I trust God completely.
Today I pray
May my communio...
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Life represents something different to all of us. It is an amazing saying about walking a mile in someone else's shoes. It makes our burdens feel a little lighter. I know how it feels to get hit from every angle, and want to give up and give in. How easy it would have been for Jesus to have done the same. God could have saved His Son, Jesus could have saved Himself but He chose to give Himself to something bigger than we could ever imagine. Who would literally lay down their life willingly for a...
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I was empowered and strongly reminded this morning in two of my readings how our Higher Power RECYCLES EVERYTHING and actually make the recycled product stronger than the original.....ken. ______________________________ "A Broken and Sorrowful Heart" From Psalm 51:17 --"The Sacrifice pleasing to God is a broken Spirit. O God, You do not despise a broken and sorrowful heart." (taken from King David's brokenness after committing adultery with Bathsheba and killing her faithf...
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The suggestion has been made that I consider "bringing it forward ". Reviewing my emphasis toward the 'recovery' end of my 'story' when I speak....Considerations for " What it is like now"
What elements of the program have really worked for me? Steps! Service...
Progress :Lessons learned-improvement- First I think of defects and short comings- Patience has been a glaring one. It is better . I can look back and see my letting go of 'results'
has really been tem...
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Just wanted to pass along two devotions from Max Lucado on HOPE in this blog and the next. They encouraged me again, stirring the fires into some small flames that warms the cold parts of my heart......prodigalreturned. ___________________ Hope is not what you expect; it is what you would never dream. It is a wild, improbable tale with a pinch-me-I'm-dreaming ending. It's Abraham adjusting his bifocals so he can see not his grandson, but his son. It's Moses standing in the promised land n...
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