Wednesday Matters

Everyday Addiction

I've always loved what Robert Downey Jr shared at an award ceremony years ago on how Mel Gibson gave him an opportunity, when he was struggling with addiction and needed help. When you receive God's forgiveness you can give forgiveness and then take responsibility by humbling yourself.

Every single one of us needs grace. We are all addicts on some level on wanting that which makes us feel good, what we think we deserve or when we feel “it’s not fair,” we indulge and justify what want to feel better. Sobriety isn't just from alcohol or drugs but from any substance, activity or person we use to gratify our flesh and numb our pain.

Only real love and forgiveness can set us free from self-hate, abuse and destruction. Christ is perfect love. There is no fear in love. Perfect love casts out fear. (1 John 4:18)

From 1 Corinthians 15:10, I say, "But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace to me was not in vain for I know He is with me…everyday.”