by Colleen Harrison | Aug 6, 2012 | Christ, Led by Spirit
Are you a spontaneous free spirit, who finds God in the moment? Or are you a list maker, who finds recovery in routine and discipline? I am the kind of person that tends far more toward spontaneity and impulse than to routine or discipline. And I tend to think that...
by Colleen Harrison | Aug 2, 2012 | Christ
In our sacramental prayers, we covenant to always remember God. (D&C 20:77, 79) Some people think that to always remember our Heavenly Father and our Savior Jesus Christ, they would have to go up on a mountaintop, like a guru or shaman. Or perhaps live a monkish...
by Colleen Harrison | Jul 26, 2012 | Christ, Perfectionism, Recovery
Read Part 1 Yesterday, we discussed how recovery often comes in an ebb and flow pattern of sanity and serenity. We find peace through Christ, and then we wander off to try life on our own again. I have to confess that it has been very hard for me to accept that is is...
by Colleen Harrison | Jul 25, 2012 | Christ, Perfectionism
I have found that peace which passeth understanding, which only Christ can give (Philippians 4:7). In Him I have found a perfect brightness of hope that shines through even the deepest darkness. I have sanity and serenity because of His living presence in my life. (He...
by Colleen Harrison | Jul 12, 2012 | Christ, Led by Spirit, Personal Revelation, Recovery, writing
A fellow addict once mentioned how much he wished he could have, personally, what he hears in my posts. That troubled me for a bit. I am uncomfortable with the idea that I am someone special; that others cannot have the thoughts or the insights that I share in He Did...
by Colleen Harrison | Jul 6, 2012 | Christ, Zion
| Read Part 1 | | Read Part 2 | Imagine my surprise when Christ turned my thoughts and my heart back to the Twelve-Step principles that He had led me to use several years before to overcome my compulsive need to hurt myself with food. Under the tutelage of His...
