Recovery Thought of the Day
Step 4: We made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.
"Let us examine our ways and test them, and let us return to the Lord." - Lamentations 3:40 NIV
Over the past week I have been diving back into an old devotional that I bought years ago, written by Tony Dungy (Retired NFL Coach). The devotional from yesterday really resonated with me as I realized how applicable one of his statements were to the 4th step.
In his devotional, The One year Uncommon Life Daily Challenge, Tony states, "Don't dwell on the past, but don't be afraid to examine it either. Looking back is often the best way to shine a light on the path ahead."
The 4th step can often be one of the hardest ones for people to take in their recovery journey. Some people are simply not ready and are to afraid to process the hurts, habits and hang-ups of the past. Some people simply do not understand the 4th step and view it just as dwelling on the past. When I first started, I was more of in the afraid boat, but because I had a strong accountability team and thanks to encouragement from my Sponsor, I was able to face the fear and dive in. Processing the hurts, habits and hang-ups of my past was a very hard thing to do, but as I processed it, I realized one re-occurring theme... The majority of my issues revolved around being emotionally immature and that I was very insecure in myself. Coming to this realization, I was able to work with God and my sponsor to shine a light on a new path towards healing and spiritual growth.
Which boat are you in? Are you afraid to reflect on your past or do you just not understand it? If you have successfully completed a 4th step, who could you reach out to today to encourage them to take this step?
Step 4: We made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.
"Let us examine our ways and test them, and let us return to the Lord." - Lamentations 3:40 NIV
Over the past week I have been diving back into an old devotional that I bought years ago, written by Tony Dungy (Retired NFL Coach). The devotional from yesterday really resonated with me as I realized how applicable one of his statements were to the 4th step.
In his devotional, The One year Uncommon Life Daily Challenge, Tony states, "Don't dwell on the past, but don't be afraid to examine it either. Looking back is often the best way to shine a light on the path ahead."
The 4th step can often be one of the hardest ones for people to take in their recovery journey. Some people are simply not ready and are to afraid to process the hurts, habits and hang-ups of the past. Some people simply do not understand the 4th step and view it just as dwelling on the past. When I first started, I was more of in the afraid boat, but because I had a strong accountability team and thanks to encouragement from my Sponsor, I was able to face the fear and dive in. Processing the hurts, habits and hang-ups of my past was a very hard thing to do, but as I processed it, I realized one re-occurring theme... The majority of my issues revolved around being emotionally immature and that I was very insecure in myself. Coming to this realization, I was able to work with God and my sponsor to shine a light on a new path towards healing and spiritual growth.
Which boat are you in? Are you afraid to reflect on your past or do you just not understand it? If you have successfully completed a 4th step, who could you reach out to today to encourage them to take this step?
If you would like someone to reach out to you, text us your E-mail and name to 970-645-6109 and we will have someone from within CR reach out to you.
Note: The thought of the days along with other key updates will also be posted on our facebook page (Celebrate Recovery at Crossroads Church Facebook Page) and for those without facebook, they will also be posted on the following blog site: https://crossroadscr.blogspot.
UPDATES/REMINDERS:
- If anyone is in need for somebody to reach out to, please text your name to 970-645-6109, and we will have somebody from the team reach out to you.
- On Friday's at 6:30pm, We are hosting "CR Friday Night Live." To subscribe to our youtube channel please click on the following link and select the subscribe button. CR Youtube Channel Link . There will be a song or two of worship and then a short recovery based dialog between a couple of CR members. This will be streamed on youtube.
- On Friday's we will be hosting on-line open share group meetings at 7:30pm. There will be one mixed issues group for men and one mixed issues group for women. Sign Up Here: Men's Open Share Sign-up / Sign Up Link for Friday Women's Meeting will be posted soon. These meetings will take place using the Zoom App. In order to participate you will need a tablet, smart-phone or computer with camera. In order to ensure confidentiality of these meetings everyone who participates will need to find a private room to set up, have their camera on, so others can see that there is no one else in the room and they will also need to wear a pair of headphones so that they are the only ones that can hear. This is a free app and you can download it on google play, apple app store or through your web-browser on your computer. For help on how to join a Zoom meeting please click on the the following link, which will take you to their support web-site Zoom Set-Up Help
- We are going to have an additional open share group for women Wednesday at 4:00pm. To sign up please click on the following link: Wednesday Women's Open Share Group Sign-Up.
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