Author: Dennis W.

When I ask, “God, when will my life get better?”, 

God replies “When will you start being grateful?”.

If I am not living with gratitude, God’s Blessings are wasted on me.

God, please help me to be ok today. Thank You. Amen.

If I’m not feeling a connection with God, it can be a little unsettling. 

The problem is within me. I can’t force it. I need to allow it to happen.

I can pray until cows come home and not feel it. 

God is always with me. He wants me to seek Him always.

God is always revealing Himself to me. Sometimes I’m too self-involved to feel it.

God, please help me to be ok today. Thank You. Amen.

Everything happens in God’s Time.

Whether I think I’m ready or not, life is going to change. 

Sometimes I welcome the change, sometimes I don’t.

If I keep a conscious contact with God today, I will be able to handle whatever life throws at me.

God, please help me to be ok today. Thank You. Amen.

If the person I am in-private is different than the person I am in-public, perhaps I need to do a personal inventory.

Hanging onto my favorite character defects for my own selfish intentions is harmful to me.

Using my character defects to hurt others takes me further from God and closer to the person I don’t want to be.

I can’t hide from God. God knows. He will help me when I humbly ask Him.

God, please help me to be ok today. Thank You. Amen.

Even when I have to do the things I don’t want to do, I need to remain grateful.

After all, my life could have gone in a completely different direction.

A little penance doesn’t hurt.

God, please help me to be ok today. Thank You. Amen.

Sometimes we have to put up with a little bit of the “bad” in order to get a little bit of the “good”.

Sometimes the bad isn’t so bad and sometimes it’s worse.

Sometimes the good isn’t so good and sometimes it’s better.

I have to deal with life on life’s terms. I can’t run and hide.

I show up every day with hope for the good. I never know what today will bring.

God, please help me to be ok today. Thank You. Amen.

“Connection” helps to solve the problem of addiction.

Isolation fuels my addictions and reinforces the myth that I am alone. It encourages my self-centeredness.

Connecting with others, on a soul-level, helps me to get outside of myself.  Getting outside of myself helps me to be selfless. 

Connection with God helps me to be humble and grateful. Keeping mindful of God’s Grace causes me to continually turn to Him.

God, please help me to be ok today. Thank You. Amen.

Not everyone understands me. That’s ok.

I must be humble enough and willing enough to understand that.

It’s my job to try to be understanding. Sometimes I get it. Sometimes I don’t.

That’s ok too.

God, please help me to be ok today. Thank You. Amen.

Trying to slow down my mind and sift through the noise is necessary to start my day.

Quiet time to connect with God allows me to find some degree of inner peace.

God will carry me today but I still have to do my part.

My days go better when I remember that God is always with me.

God, please help me to be ok today. Thank You. Amen.

My biggest problem is me. 

I am the first victim of my character defects.

So, when I’m looking around trying to find someone else to blame for my shortcomings, I had better look in the mirror first.

I must ask God for His Help to remove my shortcomings. It takes daily practice.

God, please help me to be ok today. Thank You. Amen.