I just want to do God’s will. And He’s allowed me to go up to the mountain. And I’ve looked over. And I’ve seen the Promised Land. I may not get there with you. But I want you to know […]
Continue reading »Gone Awry
I had often heard that my character defects were good instincts gone awry, but it never quite registered. If they started out as assets, then why wouldn’t God want to convert them back? ~ Voices of Recovery (Kindle Locations 1998-1999). […]
Continue reading »Deserved
These are the products of my self-centered fear: negativity, anxiety, living in a future not yet formed with an ungrateful heart. I see only what my disease has taken from me — everything that I “deserved.” ~ Voices of Recovery […]
Continue reading »The Passage of Time
Enormous problems, seismic change, life and death matters, literally and seemingly… Ancient resentments, exposed trauma, long blocked but harrowing, devastating, though not understood, confusing, depressing… overcome. Understanding flowing forward, relentless waves bringing change sometimes rapid, sometimes inching glacially, moving forward, […]
Continue reading »“Thank You”
Compliments befuddle me, honors don’t humble me… they humiliate me! Singled out I want to say, “My hair’s a mess, I should have worn a dress, don’t look at me, don’t give me this, I don’t deserve it.” Like Paul, […]
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