Author: Scott

The scatterer has come up against you. Man the ramparts; watch the road; dress for battle; collect all your strength. Nahum 2:1 When I first began to dabble in pills, I had no idea that I could be an addict and I was clueless about the coming consequences. By the time I started engaging in immoral,…
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The Lord will by no means clear the guilty. His way is in whirlwind and storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet. Nahum 1:3 In my addiction, I twisted God’s grace. Every time I used, I felt guilty, and asked forgiveness. I thought I meant it, but I didn’t change, so I was…
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He does not retain his anger forever, because he delights in steadfast love. He will again have compassion on us; he will tread our iniquities underfoot. You will cast all our sins into the depths of the sea. Micah 7:18,19 God gave us the child/parent relationship, in part, to teach us about our relationship with him.…
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You shall eat, but not be satisfied . . . Micah 6:14 In our jail Bible study recently, one of the guys who has struggled with addiction said that he was going to go to treatment as soon as he got out. He just had one minor medical procedure to take care of first. I warned…
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He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God? Micah 6:8 As addicts, new to recovery, we tend to oversimplify things, clinging to passages that we find comforting or helpful, while ignoring the…
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But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah, who are too little to be among the clans of Judah, from you shall come forth for me one who is to be ruler in Israel . . . Micah 5:2 The addict, new to recovery, often finds crippling shame. As the haze of the addiction fades, he begins to see more…
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Writhe and groan, O daughter of Zion, like a woman in labor . . . Micah 4:10 This winter, a buddy and I, along with our sons, formed a curling team and signed up for weekly curling league. We naively hoped that we would be naturals and hopefuls for the 2022 Olympics. Reality has since set…
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They shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war anymore. Micah 4:3 As a Christian addict, living in recovery, I spend a lot of time thinking about right and wrong. Of course, I’m egocentric enough to think that…
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Is not the Lord in the midst of us? No disaster shall come upon us. Micah 3:11 Often, while engaged in a discussion at home that I feel isn’t going my way, whether it’s regarding house paint or gardening, I pull out this conversation stopper: Who’s the Doctor? It’s supposed to remind whoever I’m arguing with…
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You who hate the good and love the evil . . . who eat the flesh of my people . . . and chop them up like meat in a pot, like flesh in a cauldron. Micah 3:2-3 In his destructive behavior, the addict inflicts tremendous misery, not only on himself, but on those around him.…
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