• What is the wilderness? Being lost. Not on the right path. Embroiled in sin and darkness. Hedonistic living. Addiction. Starving and thirst. Too much of everything. Not enough connection. Powerlessness. No light.
• How do we get out of the wilderness? Turn on the lights again. Get up and walk—In the Bible there is a parable of a disabled man sitting by a healing pool waiting to be healed…for 38 years! Jesus sees him and asked him, “Do you want to get well?” The man proceeds to give him a number of excuses why it hasn’t happened before now (that was me.) He tells him to “Get up! Pick up your mat and walk.” (John 5)—We have to choose it. Turn around, look around. Look up. Turn toward the light always.
• How do we find that path? See others who have the light burning in them. See what they are doing. DO what they are doing. Keep walking—One-Day-At-A-Time
• How do we stay on the path? Routine. Stay connected with others in recovery. Reach out and get out of self. Feed your soul. Read and watch what fills your tank. Drink healthy waters "but whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give them will become in them a spring of water welling up to eternal life.” John 4:14
• How do we show the way out of the wilderness for others?
Know the way.
Go the way.
Show the way.
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