Author: Dennis W.

  • August 4, 2025

    When I get caught up with the feeling that something is bothering me but I’m not really sure what it is, it interferes with my sense that I’m ok.

    Often it’s just my own anxiety and self-doubt about nothing in particular.

    It comes to me when I’m either doing something that I shouldn’t be doing or I’m not doing something that I should be doing.

    I need to pray. I need to ask for God’s Peace. I need to be patient.

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

  • August 3, 2025

    What I fear is not as dangerous as allowing my fears to drive my thoughts, feeling, and actions.

    My fears can hold me hostage.

    Most of my fears are never realized. But allowing my fears to control my life robs me of the freedom that faith brings to me.

    Turning my fears over to God frees me.

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

  • August 2, 2025

    My biggest problem is me.

    The biggest problems I face today are the ones I think are problems. The way I think about things determines how I feel about them.

    If I allow my fears to rise up, surely every challenge becomes a big problem.

    If I turn my fears over to God and trust that He will make all things right, my big problems become small.

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

  • August 1, 2025

    When I first stopped drinking, I could not fathom the idea of living without alcohol. I just wanted the physical, mental, and spiritual suffering to stop.

    I wanted to be able to drink like a normal person. I soon found out that when it comes to alcohol, I’m not normal.

    So, I had to learn how to live without alcohol by following the path of those who were doing it. I had to do what they do. 

    One day at a time, the days add up to a lifetime.

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

  • July 31, 2025

    I am delighted when really wonderful things happen to people I know.

    It is especially sweet after I watch those same people persevere through hardships that really test their faith in God.

    Watching the positive change in the lives of others shows me the Grace and Power of God.

    Strap in, it gets better.

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

  • July 30, 2025

    Being addicted to alcohol or drugs is not just a bad habit. It’s a manner of living which consumes all of my good sense and controls every decision I make.

    When I stopped drinking, the only thing I had to change was everything. Getting sober is not easy. I had to want to be sober more than anything else.

    I needed to learn to follow simple direction. I needed to talk with other alcoholics and stop trusting my insane thinking.

    I needed to come to believe that God could restore my sanity.

    It’s not easy. That’s why sober alcoholics are such rare birds.

    God, please help me to be ok today. Thank You. Amen.
  • July 29, 2025

    Sooner or later, time will run out for me. It happens to each of us. 

    Living with regret distorts my view of the beauty of my life.

    God has not carried me this far for me to look back and find the mistakes but rather to see the road traveled and marvel at what is possible.

    I’m grateful that I can see the Grace of God in my life.

     

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

  • July 28, 2025

    I always need to try to get better. 

    Taking regular inventory of my actions and when I deploy my character defects is essential to identifying where I need work.

    Complacency causes me to ease up and slide backwards towards the person I used to be.

    My conscious contact with God helps me to see the direction I need to go. With humility I can change to what God wants me to be.

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

  • July 27, 2025

    There are so many times when I have to turn over my troubles to God. After I do that and God takes them, I sometimes chase them to try to take them back.

    If I truly believe that God has ALL Power and He knows what’s best, trusting His Wisdom is the wisest thing I can do.

    Pride, ego, and fear drive my need to try to take back control.

    I need to remember that God has never let me down.

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

  • July 26, 2025

    I can always find something to be bothered about and let that dominate my thinking.

    At the same time I can always find something to be happy about and let that dominate my thinking.

    I have not gone through the battles in my life to be unhappy. The battles have prepared me for today – to be happy.

    I have paid too high a price to not be happy.

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