Even shopping and consumerism are addictions for many people. We have become addicted to buying and then buying again as soon as the new [insert device or product] is released. Some of us even wait in line for hours.
As good as we are at having addictions, we are horrible at fighting them.
That's why I love the approach of AA and Celebrate Recovery: One day at a time.
Jesus was in the desert for forty days. I have a feeling he wasn't marking the days like Robinson Crusoe. He was fasting one day at a time.
I'm trying to do this for these next forty days: One day at a time.
I've discovered a great series by Central Vineyard called "Taking Root." I encourage you to check it out.
To close, I want to leave you with encouragement to seek help with your addiction--whatever it may be. Celebrate Recovery is a fantastic 12-step program that will help point you toward God while helping you overcome. A quick Google search will hopefully turn up one close to you.
Finally, I leave you with the powerful Serenity Prayer or Reinhold Neibuhr:
God grant me the
serenity
to accept the things I cannot change;
courage to change the things I can;
and wisdom to know the difference.
to accept the things I cannot change;
courage to change the things I can;
and wisdom to know the difference.
Living one day at a time;
Enjoying one moment at a time;
Accepting hardships as the pathway to peace;
Taking, as He did, this sinful world as it is,
not as I would have it;
Trusting that He will make all things right
if I surrender to His will;
That I may be reasonably happy in this life and
supremely happy with Him Forever in the next.
Amen.
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