Author: Scott

How can a young man keep his way pure? . . . Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.  Psalms 119:9,105 Working with addicts, I unfortunately have the opportunity to witness some profoundly destructive behavior. In looking back, I often want to ask, How did you get here?…
Read more

His steadfast love endures forever! Psalms 118:1 Every day, I begin my prayer time by reminding myself of this one enduring reality: God loves me. No matter what I’ve done, I cannot increase or decrease his love. He sent Jesus Christ to die for my forgiveness and to restore me to a right relationship to himself and…
Read more

Know that the LORD, he is God! It is he who made us, and we are his . . . Psalms 100:3 I’m not like everyone else. I don’t fit in. I’m not good enough, funny enough, smart enough, or attractive enough. I just don’t know who I am. Most of us know what it’s like…
Read more

I was envious of the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked. Psalms 73:3 I must admit, I have those times when I lament the fact that there are certain things that I will never do again in this life. At my worst, I remember how much I enjoyed pills. I took them for…
Read more

I know my transgressions, and my sin is ever before me . . . Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me. Psalms 51:3,10 Long ago, my AA sponsor told me that he continually worked and reworked the twelve steps, even though he had been sober for years. I thought…
Read more

He drew me up from the pit of destruction, out of the miry bog . . . He put a new song in my mouth . . . Psalms 40:2-3 Because I write most often about my responsibility in my recovery and faith, I might mistakenly give the impression that I think I do this all…
Read more

Blessed is the one whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered . . . For when I kept silent, my bones wasted away . . . Psalms 32:1-3 When I read today’s passage, I thought, I’ve been there. I’ve pursued some appetite that I thought was fulfilling, until I found myself trapped by it. Enslaved…
Read more

The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. He restores my soul. Psalms 23:1-3 I’ve had more than one counselor attempt to identify some childhood trauma or depression that led to my drug use. Perhaps there is some such reason for…
Read more

The LORD is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge . . . (Psalms 18:2) Many times, I have worked at a problem, trying many different ways to solve it, resorting to prayer only when all else has failed. When I finally get to that…
Read more

Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked . . . but his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night. Psalms 1:1-2 I usually look for the easy way to do everything. When I had to go to treatment, I didn’t…
Read more