All too often we feel as though our Father does not hear our cries for help. We feel as though our pleads for rescue go unnoticed. We sit and wallow in our circumstances, and while they may range in severity, we miss a very important fact about our Father because we fail to do something Continue reading

It is after 1 am and as I sit outside still in my work clothes ready to change and go lay in bed and hope that sleep comes easy tonight I know that possibility is nill. Instead I listen to the sounds created by my Father and enjoy the peace surrounding me because sometimes nature Continue reading

When we think of recovery in terms of the 12 steps and the 8 principles as is with Celebrate Recovery there are many things that generally come to mind. Some may initially gravitate towards the first couple of traditional 12 steps having no idea what their Biblical comparisons are, then some on the flip side Continue reading

The song “Come As You Are” by Crowder takes on a whole new meaning to those in recovery. First it you have never listened to it, my suggestion is to pull up Spoitfy or Pandora and listen to the song before reading further. Many of us throughout the course of our lives have been broken Continue reading

I look around everyday and all I see is brokenness mixed with healing. Pain and heartache mixed with grace and mercy. In a world so hell bent on selfishness and condemnation, materialism and money, judgement and few times true justice, it’s hard for some to know which way is up or down, left or right. Continue reading

I never understood the magnitude of pain that people carry inside until I began to look at those around me, those I was helping come out of sometimes horrific circumstances, some just struggling to free themselves from addiction. I knew from my own life that pain was real, it was even so great at times Continue reading

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to get up and tell your story to a crowd of people?  what would they say?  what would they think?  Do you think you could really do it?  Would you be too nervous to speak? These are just some of the questions many of us have Continue reading

Most days it is hard being in a rehab full of women with the only escape being the hours you get to leave for work.  Then you go to a job that on some days can be stressful but you are so thankful that you get to escape one reality that you aren’t sure how Continue reading

For most of us the question “What do you claim?” can have different meanings ranging from what set do you claim to what religion do you represent and even then those two extremes may not be true. It really depends on what neighborhood you are in, the caliber of person you are talking to, the Continue reading

Sometimes it is hard when in recovery to tolerate other’s perspectives on addiction and what that means.  Many people don’t understand the Dynamics of walking a mile in your shoes much less trying them on to see if they even fit.   Continue reading