Happily Ever Seeking God

The big G.O.D. Many of us when we first got sober, had a problem with God. Whether we believed or not, we were angry or not, or had just forgotten about God all together, it created issues when we were told we needed to find God again. But, maybe I should speak for myself. When I first got sober, my connection with God was non-existent. I had a lot of doubts to begin with, and I was extremely angry with God because I felt like he had abandoned me. Maybe that’s why I had doubts, because every time I prayed for Him to get me out of whatever mess I had gotten myself into, and He didn’t, then I was forced to “not” believe. But I’ve learned since then, that’s not really how it works. I have been able to establish my own conception of God, and that has grown…

Has anyone read this book? This is our second book in my Bible study group, a book AND group that I highly recommend. One of my really good friends recommended the group to me, asked the leader if I could join, and she said of course! To be honest, being a part of a Bible study is not something that I've done before. But why wouldn't I do it now? The wisdom I get from these books but more importantly our leader and the other women in this group is something I just haven't experienced before. I've had a hard time (with a lot of things haha) but especially my prayer life over the years. This group allows me to keep it real, while everyone else does the same, and we talk about it. We talk about the struggles, the things we want to work on, what God wants for…

Happy Sunday y'all! So today we all slept in, then got up and went to breakfast together as a family. Then I decided to take all the kids to the park and to strawberry picking. We've never been strawberry picking before and it was something that I thought would be a really cool experience with the kiddos. And I was right. We went out to a farm where we we were able to pick strawberries, then they had a store with fresh veggies and fruit and then a play area for the kids which is where I am sitting now feeding our youngest and watching our other two climb a dirt pile. It's 2:30 in the afternoon and this is about time that the kids would be napping usually at home. I would have them nap and take this time to either relax or do something for myself or get…

In the steps of our program, step 11 is where we seek through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understand Him, praying only for knowledge of His will and the power to carry that out. But how does one meditate in a society like ours today? In the book The Gifts of Imperfection, the author talks about what stillness and meditation really are all about. I always thought that with meditation we needed to be sitting Indian style in a quiet room with candles lit and be able to clear our minds completely. But that's just not possible as we are human after all and especially in the world that we live in today. Clutter and noise moves throughout our minds like it's nothing, just a part of our daily routine. But she says to be easier and softer with ourselves. It's not abou…