Psalm 8 (NIV) - How majestic is your name in all the earth!

From Psalms

Psalm 8 
(For the director of music. According to gittith. A psalm of David.)

¹ LORD, our Lord,
     how majestic is your name in all the earth!
You have set your glory
     above the heavens.
²From the lips of children and infants
     you have ordained praise (or strength)
because of your enemies,
     to silence the foe and the avenger.
³ When I consider your heavens,
     the work of your fingers,
the moon and the stars,
     which you have set in place,
⁴what is man that you are mindful of him,
     the son of man that you care for him?
⁵You have made them a little lower than the heavenly beings (or angels)
     and crowned them with glory and honor.

⁶You made him ruler over the works of your hands;
     you put everything under his feet:
⁷all flocks and herds,
     and the beasts of the field,
⁸the birds of the air,
     and the fish in the sea,
     all that swim the paths of the seas.
⁹LORD, our Lord,
     how majestic is your name in all the earth!

There was a time I believed that God did not care enough about me, that he would have bigger and more important things going on, to help me with my simple, insignificant addiction.  However, as I re-read and type Psalm 8 for this blog I realize what God has done for all people, not just us as a group but for each and every one of us.  I am reminded of how foolish my thinking was.  God certainly does care.  I am pretty sure we go through addiction, and recovery from addiction, for a specific purpose or specific lessons to be learned.

For everyone that purpose and lesson is different.  Here's are some of the things that I have learned, and what I believe God has taught me during my recovery:

• God works in our lives through the people around us
• So it's absolutely critical to go to meetings, even if you don't plan to share initially
• or talk to people about our addictions
• You need to be able to ask for help before you can expect to get it
• Only God can read your mind and even he needs you to pray
• Back to point one...ask those around you for help - you'll be surprised at the support and love you get
• You need to give a hug in order to get a hug; you need to give love to receive love
•  From the Step 11 Prayer:
  Lord grant that I may seek rather to comfort than to be comforted  
  to understand, than to be understood
  to love, than to be loved
• Be faithful and patient...real change comes slowly

God creates miracles - as illustrated in this Psalm.  Miracles come in all types and sizes - And miracles include the recovery of addicts who have hit rock bottom.  This is one addict who will attest to the fact that God can change a life in unbelievable ways.

Thanks for letting me share.