Reflection
When I saw the opening quote, it took me back to the early years of my sobriety, when I had to learn how to live one day at a time.
For those of us in recovery, our minds tend to race due to our regrets of yesterday and the anxiety of approaching an unknown tomorrow without our addiction of choice to calm ourselves and give us the “courage” to take it on.
For the first few years of my recovery, living in the moment was a life-and-death proposition for me, and it eventually became a habit.
The biggest destroyer of personal peace is living in areas that don’t exist–yesterday and today.
The questions below are geared toward protecting your peace by helping you stay in the moment…I wrote them from much experience.
Deuteronomy 33:25, “May the bolts of your gates be of iron and bronze; may you be secure all your days.” (NLT)
Journal your thoughts:
What am I grateful for today?
In what way(s) will I bring light to the world today?
What will I deny myself to draw closer to God and gain more peace in my life today?
Prayer:
God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.
Living one day at a time, enjoying one moment at a time, accepting hardship as the pathway to peace.
Taking, as He did, this sinful world as it is, not as I would have it.
Trusting that He will make all things right if I surrender to His will.
That I may be reasonably happy in this life, and supremely happy with Him forever in the next. Amen.
(Serenity Prayer – Reinhold Niebuhr)
P.E.A.C.E.
Jay@EagleLaunch.com
Thank you for this good and timely word. The three questions are wonderful to ponder as we seek Jesus and his will for us, today and always.
My mom’s mom, dear Grandma Betty, loved the Serenity Prayer. Made me smile thinking of her.