Recovery Begins When We Let Go of Perfection (Pt 5)

Peaks and Valleys, Ebbs and Flows

God's In Charge, Mortality, Recovery

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 alive.  Let the line go straight, with no valleys and no peaks, or in...
Recovery Begins When We Let Go of Perfection (Pt 5)

We Have a History With Jesus

Christ

I recently read a story of a precious little boy who fell off a pier while his parents weren’t looking at him. Within a few moments, maybe a minute, the father turned around and realized his son was gone. He was terrified, because the undercurrents were quite strong...
Recovery Begins When We Let Go of Perfection (Pt 5)

All These Things Shall Work Together

Agency, God's In Charge, Mortality

Therefore, he giveth this promise unto you, with an immutable covenant that they shall be fulfilled; and all things wherewith you have been afflicted shall work together for your good, and to my name’s glory, saith the Lord. (D&C 98:3) As I consider the pain of...
Recovery Begins When We Let Go of Perfection (Pt 5)

I Will Not Leave You Comfortless

Addiction, Christ, Recovery

Addictions. We resort to them for comfort, but the comfort the addiction brings is actually numbness. Addictions fog the mind, weaken your ability to cope, sap your energy. They give the comfort of forgetting and hiding. Addictions tell you, “You poor thing. There,...