Hope

[caressa]

Was feeling a lot of hope today. My son told me last night he was moving into another place with a friend. Tonight he left a message to say he wasn't moving out of where he is at but moving to another room.

I know there is always hope although it seems tenuous at times. The thoughts have been in his head.

My sponsor shared with me the other day and said, "What is Hope!" It certainly isn't an action word on my part. I can't follow up the thought and prayer with anything more than more of the same.

It is not about giving up on my son, it is not giving up on God!

[SunnyGirl]

May 7, 2009 0:10:00 GMT -5 @caressa said:

Was feeling a lot of hope today. My son told me last night he was moving into another place with a friend. Tonight he left a message to say he wasn't moving out of where he is at but moving to another room.
I know there is always hope although it seems tenuous at times. The thoughts have been in his head.
My sponsor shared with me the other day and said, "What is Hope!" It certainly isn't an action word on my part. I can't follow up the thought and prayer with anything more than more of the same.It is not about giving up on my son, it is not giving up on God!

"Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence
of things not seen." (Heb 11:1)

The difference between faith and hope.
1. Faith believes that God can do…
2. Hope believes that God will do…
3. It is one thing for us to have faith that God can meet
our every need.
4. It is another to believe that He will!

Hope is confident expectation..... and IMHO this is a good
expectation to have. Hope allows me to trust in a tomorrow
that I can't see but have faith God can and will if I ask Him.
Hope is enhance by faith, hope without faith is wishful thinking.
Without hope our thoughts would turn to despair and despair
says there is no help or hope.

We do the best we can, we pray for our addicted loved ones
and hope for a brighter tomorrow. I will keep my faith, I will
always have hope and I will always love them, no matter the
outcome. Thy will not my will be done.....

Thanks for sharing Caressa!

Peace on the journey, SunnyGirl

[caressa]

Like the idea of it being something strong and not wishful thinking.

www.bible.org/page.php?page_id=2947

[caressa]

There's hope!

“No matter how painful our early experiences were, our Essence cannot be harmed. Our Essence is waiting for the opportunity to reveal itself. In a very true sense, we are waiting for the opportunity to become ourselves. Our spirit is yearning to break free, to express itself ...

“And yet, ironically, we always fear and resist opening to that which is most real in us. When we trust in the process and give ourselves over to it, however, our true nature comes forth. The result is real integrity, love, authenticity, creativity, understanding, guidance, joy, power, and serenity—all of the qualities we are forever demanding that personality supply.”

-- Don Richard Riso and Russ Hudson

In the Big Book it says, "No matter how far down the scale we have gone, we can see how our experience can help others." I had to go through what I had to go through to get me to the doors of recovery. As a result of that journey, I am able to share with others who I healed and changed and hopefully, give them hope that they can do it too.

I didnt' get sick in one day. I don't recover in one day. It is a work in process which we do, one day at a time.

[majestyjo]

Grateful that my son is clean and sober.