Recovery Begins When We Let Go of Perfection (Pt 1)

God Will Not Give Up on You

God wants to gift you with a degree of love that only He can give. He will not rest until He has found you, no matter how lost a lamb you think you are (or try to be.) No matter what, He is going to gift you with love and patience and long-suffering and kindness—over...
Recovery Begins When We Let Go of Perfection (Pt 1)

God Is Irrationally Kind

Recently I was reading the parable of the workers who come late to the field and yet the Lord pays them the same as those who came earlier. (See Matthew 20.) As I read, I saw how similar to the story of the prodigal son (in Luke 15) this story of the laborers in the...
Recovery Begins When We Let Go of Perfection (Pt 1)

Recovery Isn’t Something You Do

It’s something you allow to happen. It’s a spiritual experience. It wells up from the inside of you. It doesn’t come from any effort that you apply to yourself, or apply yourself to. You have to allow success to happen. God wants to bless you with it...