RECOVERY-LIGHT-LIFE

"A STATE OF GRATITUDE IS A STATE OF LOVE."                      LYNNE CLARK BRUNSON "I AM COME THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE LIFE, AND THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE IT MORE ABUNDANTLY."                     JESUS "DON'T PLAY LIFE SMALL - THERE IS ABUNDANCE OUT THERE.  DON'T SETTLE FOR CRUMBS."                     SHANE SCOTT How many of us live a life of abundance?  And what exactly does that even mean?  Jesus mentioned it...and I believe that most Christians think that what He said in chapter 10 of John, talking about giving us life, was a reference to a life after this one.  But I've discovered, and firmly believe, that Jesus was talking about THIS life...not the next one.  He came to give us Life, and a more abundant Life. Here's what I discovered in Desert Solace, and on my recovery path since then...this Life that Jesus offers me is so much better than the darkness I lived in as an addict.  It is full of light.  Full of Love.  Full of...e

"Fear is a Liar"                     Zach Williams "Look unto me in every thought; doubt not, fear not."                    Jesus "Love Does"                     Bob Goff How many times in scripture does God, or the Savior, say "Fear not", or "Do not be afraid"?  Too many times to count.  Why?  What's the big deal with fear?  What's the problem? For many, many years I lived in fear.  Of course I didn't really know it, or realize it, but I did.  Fear of failure, fear of success, fear of not being or doing enough, fear that I just wasn't enough.  Fear that I didn't, and wouldn't, have enough money.  Fear of losing my job.  Fear of not appearing to be in control, even when I wasn't.  Fear of the future.  Fear of the past...that it would catch up to me, and all my bad choices and regrets would come crashing down on me. Fear of pretty much everything.  I was living scared, and it was slowly destroyi

"Thinking small about ourselves does not serve us well"                                          Joy D. Jones "Your worth is set...everything else is just experience"                                          Amy I had some of my most spiritually sensitive moments while doing yoga with our instructor, Miriam.  We would travel every Tuesday and Thursday to her studio on Main Street in St. George to spend an hour in yoga.  I was by far the oldest guy in our group, and no doubt the least flexible...yoga was difficult, but over time I grew to love it, although I was never very good at it.  Miriam is maybe almost my age, and a wise, kind, loving, person...full of spirit and wonderful energy.  I will say that yoga, and Miriam, were very good for me, even though I wasn't very good at yoga. (She whispered in my ear one time, "You're a stiff old man)...and it was so true! One session, at the end while we were lying on our backs practicing shavasana,