Recovery Thought of the Day - May 14th

Good Morning CR Family!  Please see below for today's Recovery Thought of the Day from Perry C.  Also, don't forget to sign up for this week's open share groups (see announcements section). Lastly, make sure you mark you calendars for tomorrow night at 6:30pm for CR Friday Night (see youtube link in announcements).  Brian and Pam D are going to play a couple songs of worship and then we are going to talk about why worship is such an integral part of the Celebrate Recovery Program.

Bring It into the Light

For years I have known something was wrong with my left hip.  Enjoying an active lifestyle, I did not want to accept it, so I lived in denial.  Even when hiking with friends they would ask, are you limping?  I would respond I don’t know I can’t see myself walk.  But if I was honest with myself yes, I knew my gait was off and I was compensating.  I just didn’t want to admit it and then have to deal with the outcome.

In recovery we often do the same thing.  We all have secrets and memories we keep to ourselves.  We think if others knew the truth of what we feel or think they wouldn’t accept or love us.  But these carefully kept secrets only do us harm.  They lead to feelings of shame, guilt and self-rejection.

And that is the beauty of Celebrate Recovery.  From our very first open share group and in the 12-step group experience we practice bringing our secrets into the light and sharing them in a safe place with people we trust.  Quickly we discover we are not alone with our secrets and bringing them into the group creates intimate community and the inner healing we long for.

John 12:35-36, Jesus said, “For a brief time still, the light is among you. Walk by the light you have so darkness doesn’t destroy you. If you walk in darkness, you don’t know where you’re going. As you have the light, believe in the light. Then the light will be within you, and shining through your lives. You’ll be children of light.”

What will you courageously share this Friday night in an open share group or at your next 12-step group as you walk into the light?

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. If you are in need of prayer, please send your prayer requests to CelebrateRecoveryatCrossroads@gmail.com and we will forward those on to our celebrate recovery prayer team. The Crossroads Church Prayer team would also love to pray for you, so when you send your E-mail, please note if you are okay with us forwarding your prayer request to the church.
2. 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. 
3. 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. Men's Open Share Group Sign-Up Link / 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

Blessings,
James U.