Wisdom For Today - September

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September 1

Wisdom for Today
I’m tired. Some days I just don’t feel like I have the energy to go on. It is at times like this that I trust that God will lead me to a place of rest. Just like a river runs dirty after a storm, I know that my life also ran dirty after the storm of addiction. Yet over time as the river continues to flow, it is cleaned. This is true in my life. God does not promise that storms won’t come back into our lives, but He sees to it that the river of life runs clean again. The water does not always rage, it does calm down and flows peacefully again. Do I trust that God will bring me to a place of peace and serenity as long as I walk with Him?
Meditations for the Heart
When I was stuck out in the rapids of addiction, I just wanted to find a way out. I kept bouncing off the rocks and thought for sure I would drown. It seemed that no matter how hard I would swim that I would never get out of the rapids. It was not until I called out for help and realized that I could not get out of the rapids by myself, that then I found hope. The 12 step Program threw me a rope and began to pull me back to shore. Do I trust that God will give me the strength to hold on to the rope?
Petitions to my Higher Power
God,

Sometimes I just want to give up, even though I know I am being pulled back to shore. I grow tired and weak. God give me the strength to hold on so that I may rest a while when I get to shore. Help me to realize that my work is not done even when I
get out of the river.

Amen