Recovery

    Recovery from a major injury or an addiction is a long, slow road.There
is no quick fix, you just strive to move forward, one slow step at a time. I
have suffered in addiction and recovered, a few times, in my time on this
earth. Recovery from addiction is a process of turning everything over to
Jesus Christ.
    It is facing the fact, head on, that as an addict, you never had control
anyway. You just felt like you did, especially when you were high. It is
an illusion of control, that Satan convinces us about. We read in the Bible
many references to the control of us. James uses the term"bridling the tongue."
Jesus tells us in the Gospels, that our yoke will be easy and our burden
light, as Christians.
    Recovery from addiction is all about giving God the reins and letting Him
lead us where He wants us to go. Personally, I much prefer the idea of Jesus
calling to us, His sheep, and we follow the Shepherd than I do to a bit in my
mouth or a yoke around my neck. Though I know in my recovery process,
Jesus was pulling on the reins and I was kicking and dragging my backside.
    Now, I am still in the process of recovering from some serious injuries.
The road is still long and very slow, especially dealing with the bureaucracy
of insurance companies, lawyers, and government. Welcome to workman's
compensation.
    While there appears to be a light at the end of this tunnel, there were many
months that I stumbled in the darkness of anxiety and despair. I went through
a rotator cuff surgery and just recently arthroscopic knee surgery. At the age
of 59, my rehabilitation is extremely slow.
    While I have been recovering and unable to do very much, besides dishes,
I remember what I could do in the past. My wife and I going out in our pick-up
and getting boulders to decorate our yard. Digging a pound in our backyard and
moving all the dirt to the front yard, to build a mound. Doing weight training on
our patio with a friend.
    Now, driving is a chore and I drive for a living. Once again, I am learning to
give God, my body, my strength, my mind and my spirit. I know in my ministry
with Faith Akers, that God is using me to help others, to touch people in places
that I will never see. Our God is so amazing, in that He uses us, with all our
emotional and physical frailties, to plant His seeds, for His harvest, for His
Glory.

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