Admitting I Can’t Manage My Way Out of Addiction
Some Personal Reflections on Step One:
Admitting I Can’t Manage My Way Out of Addiction
May 22, 2009 – originally shared at the HtH online meeting
I could begin by sharing on my stubborn resistance to admitting that my life is “unmanageable,” as Step One asks of me.
My insistence on having to contribute some part [...]
MY LIFE IN ZION, AS ONE WITH CHRIST IN HEART AND MIND
MY LIFE IN ZION, AS ONE WITH CHRIST IN HEART AND MIND
May 1, 2009
9:05 a.m. Wow! I’ve had such a great morning–so conscious of the Savior’s abiding presence in my “midst.” So grateful for the rock-solid hope and peace that gives me. So grateful for how far and wide I can see from [...]
Twelve Jewels in My Crown: Rejoicing in My Children’s Lives
May 21, 2009
9:06 a.m. I’m at my desk. This is a first draft of my thoughts. Not transcribed from handwritten notes.
I just read an article from Sheila Bender’s newsletter for 5/21/09. It’s called “What the Moment Can Hold” by Abigail Thomas. It is an excerpt from her book, Safekeeping: Some True Stories from a Life.
These [...]
Trusting God’s Hand (Purpose) in ALL Things
I see that there way of worshiping and honoring God that is even higher and purer than thinking in terms of putting God first and then other portions of our lives second or third, etc. It is to chose to put God, dead center, all the time, in every moment of our lives–no matter what [...]
Trusting God’s Hand (Purpose) in ALL Things - continue readingWhat the Lord Taught Me About My Motives–How Easy It is to Be Proud of Being “Good”
April 1, 2009
I have another hour to go to cooperate with the Lord in His purpose that I give Him the first “tithe” of my day–or in other words the first 2 ½ hours. I am not being coerced. I am not faking it. I have been persuaded, I will admit, by the deficit of [...]
WHAT I HAVE LEARNED FROM MY CHILDREN ABOUT THE SUPREME PRINCIPLE OF AGENCY
What I Have Learned From My Children About the Supreme Principle of Agency
I count it as one of my greatest blessings that twelve of our Father’s children allowed me to help them obtain physical bodies. And though I spent a great deal of my [...]
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