“The saying “time marches on” is a universal truth; but am I marching on with love and purpose?”

The promises of this recovery program tell us that we will experience the restoration of meaning and purpose; that we will feel whole again. Now we are finding those promises coming true every day. We know there is always plenty to be depressed about. However, we have been given a new purpose: building a deeper relationship with our Higher Power and with others. We are gaining a new hope for our future. Today, let my gratitude & purpose carry me along with much to be happy about.

God and the entire cosmos are about two things: differentiation (people becoming themselves) and communion (living in supportive coexistence). On our personal spiritual quest, we are offered a freedom to be ourselves and to love God according to the shape of our own heart, soul, body, and mind! Yet, we often spend much time and waste a lot of energy creating and adhering to labels at the expense of dignity and common sense. God is bigger than all our little boxes. In life and death, God’s love transcends the lines we draw on earth. Today, give thanks to God’s invitation to move beyond black & white categories.

Meditation for the Day “You were born with a spark of the Divine within you. It had been all but smothered by the life you were living. That celestial fire has to be tended and fed so that it will grow eventually into a real desire to live the right way. By trying to do the will of God, you grow more and more in the new way of life. By thinking of God, praying to Him, and having communion with Him, you gradually grow more like Him. The way of your transformation from the material to the spiritual is the way of Divine Companionship. Prayer for the Day I pray that I may tend the spark of the Divine within me so that it will grow. I pray that I may be gradually transformed from the old life to the new life.”