GREENE STREET LETTERS: HAND ME DOWN MY WALKING SHOES

Monday, July 5, 2021

HAND ME DOWN MY WALKING SHOES

LUKE 13:33 - Nevertheless I must journey on today and tomorrow and the next day......

The very heart of recovery....realizing that it is a journey. A journey we call life. Those who may not understand recovery probably don't view daily life in the same way as someone who has come out of that darkness we call addiction.

The person who has begun to work the steps must be aware of the daily choices that come at them with a keen understanding of exactly how powerless they really are. An understanding that keeps them looking to God for strength and answers on how to make good choices.

I love the opening verses of the book of Proverbs, which explain the reason we need to consider reading the book.

V.2 - To know wisdom and instruction. To discern the saying of understanding.

V.3 - To receive instruction in wise behavior, righteousness, justice and equity.

V.4 - To give prudence to the naive, to the youth knowledge and discretion

V.5 - A wise man will hear and increase in learning, and a man of understanding will acquire wise counsel.

Then in verse seven we read the heart of what it takes to move forward in life here on this side of heaven. "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge. Fools despise wisdom and instruction.

The fear mentioned in verse seven is reverence given to the One who is the giver of all life.....God. To never forget my place in this relationship I have been given, and this new way of living that has been granted to me. I value this way of life. I embrace it and ask God to show me daily how I am to live. What choices I need to make, asking how can I grow and mature even more. All of this for one purpose and one purpose alone. So I can share with others what God has given to me.

To love others as He loved me. To love myself and accept myself knowing that God is at work in me. Oh I still make major foul ups and I still can mess up things. But He is always there to forgive me, put me back on the path, pat me on the back and say, "Let's try it again."

So today, take an inventory of your life and ask yourself, "Is this really the way I want to live?" Or do you want to find the peace, mercy and grace of God at every turn of your day? I think I'll choose the whole peace, mercy and grace deal. All found in the heart of a God who desires me to grow and not give place to the darkness of this world.

Think on these things...

God on you...

mbb

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Looking At The World Through Cracked Lens

As ol' Paul wrote in his Corinthian letters.."We see in part and we know in part." Now what piece of this bit of wisdom do we not get? I wish to not run around acting and trying to be some sort of Biblical G00-Ru (I meant to spell it wrong). Or a sage of sages.

I simply want to be able to communicate some of what God has given to me. Why? Do I think what I get is better than what you may have received from Him? Nope. But I do think encouragement comes when we share our daily story of struggle and victory in an effort to encourage each other.

Thanks for letting me share.

Time to soldier on..

mbb

Our Statement of Faith

We believe that God is the eternal king. He is an infinite, unchangeable Spirit, perfect in holiness, wisdom, goodness, justice, power and love. From all eternity He exists as the One Living and True God in three persons of one substance, the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit equal in power and glory. we believe that God created mankind in His image, male and female, for relationship with Himself and to govern the earth. Under the temptation of Satan, our original parents fell from grace, bringing sin, sickness and God's judgment of death to the earth. Through the fall, Satan and his demonic hosts gained access to God's good creation. Creation now experiences the consequences and effects of Adam's original sin. Human beings are born into sin, subject to God's judgment of death and captive to Satan's kingdom of darkness. We believe that Jesus, God's Son, was sent to this world, conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of a virgin, Mary, fully God and fully man in one person. He is humanity as God intended us to be. Jesus was anointed as God's Messiah and empowered by the Holy Spirit, ushering in God's kingdom reign on earth, overpowering the reign of Satan by resisting temptation, preaching the good news of salvation, healing the sick, casting out demons and raising the dead. Jesus' atoning death on the cross took God's judgment for sin which we deserved as law-breakers. Jesus' resurrection and ascent back to heaven opened the door for those who received salvation to begin a relationship with God.

Little Nets Into Deep Waters

Fishing nets were designed for one purpose only. To catch fish. Nets are no good if they stay on the boat. Nets serve no purpose if they are never used. I think maybe God sees us this way. We are all created for a purpose (by the way, the creator gets to define what our purpose is). Any other use besides the one we were created for does us no good. But when the creator places His hands upon us, casting us out into those scary, dark places with deep waters, it is then we can see the reality of our purpose. He knew there would be a catch waiting for us. I think I will be the net God has called me to be.

The Twelve Steps

As a community of people in recovery, we affirm that our higher power is Jesus Christ. He did for us what we could not do for ourselves. Just as God told the children of Israel He was going to give them a promised land, He has revealed to us that He desires to give us a "Promised Life." When Israel got to the promised land, God instructed them to go and in a possess it, fight for it and claim it. In recovery, the 12 Steps are the directions given to us on how to fight, possess and claim this promised life.

Monday, July 5, 2021

HAND ME DOWN MY WALKING SHOES

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