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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...
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...
With the Faith of a Prodigal
Today, I can say and truly mean it (and not take it back quite so fast), “Thy will, O Lord, not mine be done” (Jacob 7:14). Why? Because today I trust Him. Why? Because today I know Him. I have...
Peaks and Valleys, Ebbs and Flows
If you were in an intensive care unit, would you want the electrocardiogram to suddenly start producing a straight line? Of course not! As long as that line is going up and down, it means you’re...
Celebrating Abstinence
Verily, this is fasting and prayer, or in other words, rejoicing and prayer. (D&C 59:14) Fasting is not meant to be a negative experience. It is more than just refraining from eating....
Abstinence Increases as We Share Our Experience, Strength and Hope with Others
My abstinence has changed a lot over the years. What and how and when I eat now is nothing compared to what and how and when I ate 25 years ago. If I had met my current self then, I would have been...