When the requirements of the season get BIG I have to think small. I doesn’t matter whether the season is Thanksgiving or Christmas or a season of great sorrow or heart-wrenching trial or enormous responsibility or wonderful celebration…I have to think small. Today I learned something new about the ... Read More
Point of Choice – Step 11 Personal Revelation
I want to wake up early and spend time with the Lord before I spend the day with His siblings. I’ve struggled with this desire my whole adult life. I like the idea of “early up” when I’m “up,” but many a morning I battle against “early up” ‘because I’m “down” snuggled in my covers. This morning ... Read More
Camouflage! Really? – Scripture Study
Friday night my daughter, who is my designated personal shopper, stopped by with the little gift I had authorized her to purchase for her little man, Carson. Tomorrow was baptism day. We settled on the same gift I give all the “grands” after they are baptized—a cover for the scriptures they receive ... Read More
Why All the Wreckage? – Steps 8 and 9 Forgiveness, Restitution, and Reconciliation
Hi, I’m Nannette and today I’d like to share a thought about why those of us who have lived in addiction have not only harmed ourselves but those around us. This is not a cheery subject, but I think it’s an important thing to understand. Becoming aware of and doing what we can to take care of the ... Read More
“Just One More Seatbelt Please” – Step 3 Trust in God
One of the most heart wrenching earth-life realities for me is that “Families Can be Together Forever,” but not right now, not today. I’m sure I inherited this problem from my mother, who always morns the missing “one” no matter how many come to the family event. If she could have, she would have ... Read More
“The Lion and the Lamb” – Step 3 Trust in God
Several weeks ago my aunt called early one morning to request our prayers in behalf of her grandson. He had been enjoying his missionary preparation day at a local zoo in Guatemala and was in the process of taking a photo of his fellow missionaries from what seemed to be a great vantage point. As ... Read More
“Nannette, do you know any four year olds?” – Step 5 The Gift of Perspective
We turn to addictive substances and behaviors instead of turning to God, and one of the reasons we do is because we don’t think God likes us very much. Many of us start feeling bad about ourselves when we are very little, at least I did, and it doesn’t take much. I’ll never forget sitting across ... Read More
Spinning Goals into Gifts, Heavens Great Transformation
Today I would like to share that much of what I desire in this life is surprisingly coming to me as a gift from God rather than a goal for God. In the book “Alcoholics Anonymous” page 8 one of the founders, Bill W. shares, “I was to know happiness, peace, and usefulness in a way that is incredibly ... Read More
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