Recovery Thought of the Day - April 8th

Good Morning CR Family!

Please see below for the Recovery Thought of the Day from Perry C.  Please check the announcements at the end of this E-mail to see the sign up links for this Friday's Open Share Group Meetings.

How are you feeling?

This morning I awoke to a spectacular Spring day in Colorado.  The sky was crystal blue, the air was warm, and the sun was brightly shining.  I felt a sense of awe and deep gratitude for the gift of the day, my health, family and meaningful work.  I also felt sad, isolated and depressed. I sat in stillness and wondered, “God how is it possible to feel such varied emotions all at the same time?”

Feelings come from our heart and inform us of the condition of our soul.  Our feelings are our responsibility, no one else’s.  We own them.  We also embrace and listen to them as they play an enormous role in our motivation and behaviors.  And so, this morning I sat listening to my heart.

Every day in the news we hear someone say, “these are uncertain times”.  Vulnerable people of all ages are dying due to the Covid-19 virus. Most of our lives have changed drastically overnight.  We all have experienced some loss of companionship, freedom, safety, provision and independence.  Then it hit me, I too have experienced those losses but never stopped to acknowledge them.  And so, this morning before I got busy with the day, I did some soul care.

So how are you feeling today?

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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. Don't forget to subscribe to our youtube channel.  CR Youtube Channel Link .  This is where we will be live streaming "CR Friday Night Live"  Friday's at 6:30pm.  We will not be streaming this Friday because the church is streaming their Good Friday Service at the same time.  Check out Crossroad's website to tune into that!
2. Friday night 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 Group - Sign Up Link.  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