Please see below for the Recovery Thought of the Day from Perry C. Also, if you missed CR Friday Night last night, the recording of our stream is up on our youtube channel. See the announcement section at the end of this E-mail for a link.
Recovery Thought of the Day:
Any Red Lights Flashing?
Continuing the recovery thought of yesterday. Are you aware of any flashing red lights on the dashboard of your marriage or friendships? Do you have a relationship that needs attention? Don’t ignore the warning lights. Relationships are too important and valuable to ignore. Healing doesn’t happen outside of relationships both with God and other people.
Growing up I didn’t understand how to develop and nurture friendships. And I didn’t know how to constructively deal with normal relational conflict. When differences came up with a friend, I would either sweep it under the rug or leave the friendship.
Then I entered recovery and my 12-step group taught me to really listen to others. I was not the center of the universe and other people mattered. I watched my leaders practice healthy ways of dealing with conflict that didn’t destroy relationships but deepen them. The group experience taught me to own what is within my personal boundaries and to speak my truth.
I have come to believe there are often unmet needs behind relational issues. And when both people are able to express what they are feeling and what they need to each other, healing of the relationship is possible. Instead of finger pointing, judging and blaming change the dance and take turns verbalizing what both need. Because when we sense that our feelings and needs are valued and heard, it immediately reduces hostility and tension. It also opens the door for a peaceful solution to conflict and deeper emotional intimacy with others.
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.com
UPDATES/REMINDERS:
- 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.
- 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 Links for this coming week's meetings will be posted in the next couple of weeks. Stay Tuned! 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
James U.
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