Jabez cried out to the God of Israel, “Oh, that you would bless me and enlarge my territory! Let your hand be with me, and keep me from harm so that I will be free from pain.” And God granted […]
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My Peace
During my years in OA, I’ve realized that the key to my peace, not necessarily my “happiness,” lies in turning my life over to my Higher Power one day at a time. ~ Voices of Recovery (Kindle Locations 3466-3468). Happy is […]
Continue reading »I Chose to Choose Joy
Paul chose contentment when imprisoned. A man named Walter chose to rise from pain and treasure life. One named Yehuda chose words of encouragement. William James propounded battling stress choosing one thought over another. Groucho Marx proclaimed, I, not events, […]
Continue reading »God’s Love Persists
x So we must listen very carefully to the truth we have heard, or we may drift away from it. ~ Hebrews 2:1 (NLT) What we really have is a daily reprieve contingent on the maintenance of our spiritual condition. ~ Alcoholics Anonymous, […]
Continue reading »Three Kinds of Better
We come for the weight loss, for recovery of the body. That’s all we’ve sought our whole lives through, convinced once the body’s right everything else falls in place. We find when we come they speak of other recovery… of […]
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