Well, I’m up 🙂 Instead of 5:30, I set my alarm for 5:40 and when it went off, I hit snooze and then said a prayer in bed. I then got up, got dressed, and now it’s 5:55. I’m tired but feel good about making the effort. I started my study today by looking at […]
Archives for September 2014
I Want to Submit My Will Today
Today is a new day. Today is the day I will submit my will to Him. I think I’m feeling a bit vulnerable, partly because I haven’t been writing consistently this week. Writing has such a great influence on my recovery, on my surrender, and on my submission to God’s will for me. I haven’t […]
Light vs Darkness In Recovery
Today’s been a good day. I started the day off reading from the Inner Gold manual – which is so helpful. I then went about my day working hard on lots of projects. I’m feeling a bit overwhelmed right now and plan to go read and make sure Jay and the kids are ok. I’ll […]
What is the Will of God for Me Today?
I started my study today by watching this video that was on the front page of LDS.org. It made me think a lot about Beck and all she does for everyone: What are the most important things I can do for myself and others? What is Heavenly Father’s will for me today? If I could […]
What Do the Scriptures Teach about Shame?
It’s been a couple days since I read personally in my scriptures or wrote in my journal. No, it’s not the end of the world and no, I haven’t relapsed or been tempted to even go there. However, I truly don’t feel as close to Heavenly Father or the Spirit without this spiritual nutrition. Some […]
Agency vs Addiction
On Saturday Beck and I went to the Stake Conference for adults and one of the young women was speaking about agency. It caused me to think about agency vs addiction. I then started putting together an outline in my mind of what I would talk about if I was called on to speak about […]
Recognizing My Emotions
Yesterday was a tough day. Not because I gave in to my addictive tendencies at all. Not because I had a slip or anything like that. Buy my emotions were crazy. I felt stressed about finances and making sales. I felt frustrated with all the work a client added to my plate. I felt angry […]
What Am I Learning From My Addiction Experiences?
What have you learned from this experience? What signs will tell you if you are starting to get too comfortable? These are questions Becky and I have talked about that I want to think about and attempt to answer today. First off, what have I learned from this experience: It’s not just about me; when […]
Hungering and Thirsting After Righteousness
I’m so tired this morning. It’s possibly because I went to play ball at 6:15 a.m. – something I hadn’t done for a while. But it was good to get out and work out. Yesterday I fasted about how I can hunger and thirst after righteousness. I feel the theme of the meetings at church […]
How Do I Draw Nigh Unto God?
Today has been a good day. I had a really fun morning on a bike ride with Rory S. We went up Payson Canyon on the Loafer Trail. It was an 8 mile ride round trip – 4 miles up hill and 4 miles down. At about the 3/4 point we were going down a […]
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