Good Morning CR Family!

Please see below for the Recovery Thought of the Day.  Also, make sure you check out the announcements at the end of this E-mail for the Sign-Up links for Friday's Open Share Group Meetings.

Recovery Thought of the Day:

Stop and Smell the Roses
“A Cheerful heart is Good Medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up bones.”  - Proverbs 17:12
Last night my wife and I sat in on a zoom, small group, meeting with a couple of other couples in the church and the first question that came up was: “How have you experienced Joy today?”  Immediately once the question was asked, I found myself having to dig a little deep to find something I was joyful about, but then it hit me…  At the end of the day, my five year old daughter asked me to pick her up and she then gave me a big hug (I call her the World’s Best Hugger).  As I thought more about it that was definitely the highlight of my day and thinking more about it, it put a smile on my face.  Joy……  Thinking about that hug, I felt joy.  The fact of the matter is, those little joyful moments are scattered all throughout my day and at times, I can still be slow to stop and acknowledge them.  At time it is easier to focus on the negative and there isn’t a shortage of that right now.  On the other end, there isn’t a shortage of daily blessings in my life either, I just need to be more intentional in practicing my “attitude of gratitude” and slowing down and acknowledging the several blessings scattered throughout my day.  Today I would challenge everyone to hit the pause button today when you notice something positive in your life.  Sit in that moment for awhile and praise God for it!

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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.com

UPDATES/REMINDERS:

1. Fridays 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. 
2. Fridays 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 / Women's Open Share Sign-Up.  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

Blessings,
James U.