Recovery Meets God is a daily devotional where I write honestly, from my lived experience in recovery, about what happens when recovery principles and trusting God meet in everyday life.
Why Did I Sigh?
Noticing My Reactions The way I react is usually a clue to what’s going on inside me. It’s a good time to stop, take inventory, and ask God to show me what is really going on in my heart. You should be looking at yourselves to make sure that you are really Christ’s. It is…
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Fighting Ghosts
Uncovering Yesterday’s Wounds One of the gifts of inventory is discovering that my reactions aren’t always about what’s happening right now. Sometimes I’m still in a battle with a ghost from long ago. So I run with a purpose in every step. I am not just shadowboxing. 1 Corinthians 9:26 The other night I was…
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Choosing On Purpose
I Don’t Have To Wait I am not limited to merely reacting. I can choose on purpose how I respond. I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you today that I have offered you life or death, blessings or curses. Choose life so that you and your descendants will live. Deuteronomy 30:19 I umpired…
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Liking Me Too
An Unexpected Gift The gift of recovery for me is realizing that I am still growing, healing, and changing, even after all these years. I’m not saying that I have this all together, that I have it made. But I am well on my way, reaching out for Christ, who has so wondrously reached out…
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Suddenly Important
Asking Myself Why The gift isn’t that I never get hurt. The gift is that I recognize it sooner and ask myself, “Why did it bother me?” We are all in love with our own opinions, convinced they’re correct. But the Lord is in the midst of us, testing and probing our every motive. Proverbs…
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Recognizing Old Behaviors
Seeing My Part How do I know if I am practicing my recovery? When I can hear the truth about myself, even when it is not what I want to hear. That you are to put away, as concerning your earlier way of life, the old man, which becomes evil by deceitful desires; And be…
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Seeing the True Gift
God’s Faithfulness Once Again Sometimes the greatest gift I receive is something different than the solution I am praying for. Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above and comes down from the Father… James 1:17 Over the weekend, a billing error caused our card to be charged six times for the same…
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What Do I Want?
What Stays And What Goes Growth isn’t always about fixing what is broken. Sometimes it’s about letting go of things that no longer belong. But you, change the way you were living. The person you used to be will ruin you through desires that deceive you. Have a new attitude. Ephesians 4:22-23 I was listening…
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A Trust Problem
Feeling Safe My need to control uncovered a truth I was blind to. I didn’t trust God or the people who love me. Whenever I am afraid, I will trust in You. Psalm 56:3 I was listening to a speaker and started meditating on what she said. She shared that one of the reasons she…
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Rethinking Love
What Love Looks Like Just because something is true doesn’t mean it needs to be said. Sometimes love listens quietly as someone tells their story. Knowledge puffs up while love builds up. 1 Corinthians 8:1 Recently I was reading through Recovery: A Guide for Adult Children of Alcoholics. One section that jumped out to me…
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