Reaching Hurting Women Ministries
A Contemplative Christian Outreach for Women™
What is driving your life? There’s no doubt we can get our circumstances in a pickle by making bad choices. Often we allow our lives to be driven by the consequences of those mistakes. I made a host of bad choices that kept my life in a mess for many years. Even though …
As a part of my morning devotions I focus on a particular step as it relates to the month on the calendar. October is Step 10… Continued to take personal inventory and, when we were wrong, promptly admitted it. Anyone who has planted a garden knows the work required to keep it healthy. We must …
Step 9: Made direct amends to people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others. Step 9 is a culmination of the forgiveness process: forgiving ourselves and others, receiving forgiveness from God and others. But before we can forgive ourselves fully, we must first acknowledge the pain others have suffered because of …
The Emergency Broadcast System was established to provide the President of the United States with an expeditious method of communicating with the American public in the event of war, threat of war, or grave national crisis. The test allowed the FCC and broadcasters to verify that the EBS tone transmitters and decoders were functioning properly …
With the heat of summer on and vacations all a bustle; making reservations are top of mind for many today. We busy ourselves making arrangements to fly or drive, for destinations and accommodations; locating friends and family to visit and oh, yes, don’t forget about the budget. Along the way we’ll travel many miles, see …
Continuing my goal to work The Twelve Steps, one Step for each month of the year; focusing on Step 7 for July… Step Seven:Humbly asked God to remove our shortcomings. Step Seven is critical to the cleansing process and will prepare us for the next stages of our recovery. In the first six steps, we …
As recovering addicts we sometimes experience slips, maybe even a full relapse, falling back into our addiction. When we do, it’s easy to justify our behavior by thinking or saying, “That’s just who I am.” If that’s who we think we are – that’s who we will continue to be. We must take a …
Searching For God Knows Whatby Donald MillerThomas Nelson Publishers 2004/2010$14.99 249pp True to form, Donald Miller, in his unmistakable story-telling style, tackles important subjects like faith and theology. Seriously, yet humorously, shedding light on them so that you will never read the Bible the same way again. As the title suggests, this is a personal …
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While reading a devotional recently God reminded me not to forget where I’ve come from; to remember all He has graciously brought me through. I’m not talking about the horrible life of sin and self-destruction from years past, although that’s definitely something I never want to forget. I’m talking about the fresh, even seemingly small …
As the earth tilts on its axis and the lighting changes angles, we can see and feel Fall gently strolling in. I don’t know if it’s fond memories of starting a new school year or the cooler air, but this is my favorite time of the year. Somehow life today seems fresher. With this new …