Category Archives: Step 3: Breaking Free
Digging for Clues
Nothing goes away until it’s resolved. If we haven’t come to terms with our old resentments, old hurts and old beliefs, it doesn’t matter how hard we try to push them out of our minds, they are still there festering inside us. They aren’t “in the past”. Whether we realize it or not, they are…
Clean and Refreshed
Have you ever had one of those days when some song from your past invades your mind and won’t let go? Today was one of those days for me. As I looked out at the gray skies and drizzle, an old Bill Gaither song that I haven’t heard in at least 30 years popped into…
The Risk That Heals
Michael Dye, an addiction counselor and the creator of the Genesis Process Relapse Prevention program, often says “100% of emotional pain comes from relationships. It’s relationships that mess us up and it’s relationships (both with God and others) that heal us.” The first time I heard Michael say that it stopped me in my tracks.…
Porn: The Marriage Killer
I ran across a statistic this week that has been haunting me: The American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers reports that 56% of divorces involve one party having an obsessive interest in pornographic websites. This is not new information. It was originally brought to light nearly TEN years ago. And sadly, all indications are that this…
In God we Trust?
“The Great Physician knows what is required for our complete healing and freedom from those things that torment us. Although He has every ability to heal us instantly, He often asks us to go through a process to get to that place of healing. God wants an intimate relationship with us. He knows that it…
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