The unexamined life is not worth living. ~ Plato I react, follow, resent, swallow objections. But that is holding on to old ways, ingrained patterns. And another word (phrase) for ingrained patterns is character defect. In Step Six, I became entirely ready […]
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Not My Job
Unless the Lord builds the house, the builders labor in vain. ~ Psalm 127:1a I don’t manage the world, direct the play… Once that was my job, but no longer. Well, really it never was. I was powerless, my life unmanageable, much less […]
Continue reading »Guilt Is a Gift
Guilt is a gift from God. ~ Tennie M Guilt: the fact of having committed a specified or implied offense or crime. So much for legalities, but what of the emotion? Guilt: the state of one who has committed an offense especially […]
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Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit who gives life has set you free from the law of sin and death. ~ Romans 8:1-2 Condemnation: the expression of very strong disapproval; censure, […]
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In practice, step six turns out to be one of the most difficult of the twelve steps, because saying we’re entirely ready and being entirely ready are two very different things. What we are entirely ready for, actually, is to […]
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