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.”

Wednesday Matters

Everyday Corrie ten Boom

Corrie Ten Boom along with her Sister Betsy hid a number of Jews during the Holocaust, and both were caught and sent to a Concentration Camp. Amazingly Corrie managed to smuggle in a Bible and held Bible studies in the barracks. God’s Word changed the lives it touched in a powerful way despite the circumstances.

Corrie was obedient to Ephesians 5:20; “Give thanks for all things,” but she wrote in her book; “God, I can thank You for almost everything, but I can’t thank You for the lice.” Still, she obeyed and realized it was the lice that prevented the guards from coming into the barracks where the Bible was. When I began to trust God and His Word (The Bible), God began to change me. Thanking God for my husband’s cancer seemed goofy at the time but now I see the many blessings that occurred during that season years ago. God is always on the move working and redeeming ALL things no matter how difficult they may be. He is always good…everyday.