A woman's path to sustained recovery

Though the process of recovery is never easy, some women seem to move through the journey with less pain than others. Why? What makes the difference? Here we will talk about how that happens for each of us. We will talk about how women heal in mutually empowering realtionships with themselves, with others and with God.

Saturday, April 11, 2015

an important question

A number of years ago, when I was feeling guilty about a number of poor decisions in my life,  a very spiritual person asked me, "Which side of Easter do you live on?... Good Friday or Easter Sunday?...the sadness and guilt and shame or the belief in the new life we are promised?"

That question has really helped me in the years since. It has helped me move from being  overwhelmed with sadness and into "living into the promises of God." God promises to be with me. He doesn't promise to undo my bad decisions. He doesn't promise to remove my feelings of responsibility for those poor decisions. He promises to be with me in the sadness and guilt. He promises a new life and that new life is NOW.

It is the Easter season. Which side of Easter do you live on?

Dear God, Let each of us take responsibility for our guilt AND move into the new life of hope that you promise.

Blessings-Penny
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