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What’s below the surface

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Topic: Anger

Focus: What’s below the surface

Romans 14:19 (NKJV) Therefore let us pursue the things which make for peace and the things by which one may edify another.

When you’re in a season of deep emotional pain, you have choices to make—choices that will affect you and the people around you—choices that will possibly affect the quality of your future and theirs.

In your lifetime, you have endured many kinds of pain. Some pain has been buried so deep you can’t even consciously remember it—but for the fact that sometimes you are struck with unusual and unexplained sadness, sorrow, fear, or anger.

NOW, YOU CAN LISTEN AND/OR READ!

New Strength Inspirational Statement of the Day

The God of all comfort knows each and every unseen pain in your past and desires that you would be able to find peace and healing in your innermost being. He wants you to live a life that will get better and not worse. He wants you to be whole—not only for your own peace and well being—but for the purpose of your ability to become someone who brings encouragement and hope to others who are in a place of weakness like you are in right now.

Sadness below the surface is precious to the heart of God. He would love to have spared you of the reason for that sadness—and often you wonder why He didn’t. I don’t pretend to have answers—I only offer to you that our Lord is touched with compassion and grieves when you grieve. He is there with arms wide open. Your pain was not His choice.

You may have dug a deep hole in your heart and are harboring sorrow where it’s out of sight. You’ve been embarrassed to admit it’s still there. You have to hide it, so as not to hurt or offend anyone else. You have held onto it as the last shred of something you lost, and you feel compelled to continue holding onto it—painful as it is to keep. The thought of it not being there is almost fearsome—as though giving it over to God would be a betrayal of sorts…and the thought of it being gone is almost as bad as knowing it’s still there. But you keep holding onto it anyway…

Fear below the surface can take many shapes, but all of the shapes the fear takes are only known to you—because, once again, you are afraid to admit how afraid you are…so you keep it down there…hidden. Layers and layers of fearful things keep your mind wandering in and out of reality. At times you think you’re making progress—and other times, you think you’re not.

The saddest thing about all of these things you’re hiding below the surface is that often they result in anger. Anger may not be what you’re really feeling—but anger is what comes out. What you really feel is ‘sad’ or ‘afraid’—but with so many things just below the surface, or buried deep below the surface—something is bound to ‘present itself’…and it’s usually anger.

The truth is, you’re angry that you have to be sad. You’re angry that life has to be this way. Angry that whatever happened to cause the pain ever had to happen in the first place. Angry that you had no control over your circumstances. Angry that you haven’t had the peace you wish you could have about it.

The hardest part about the situation is that everything you are feeling is so repressed—you don’t even like the suggestion of the fact that you could be angry. It feels wrong to admit to it. ‘Sad’ and ‘afraid’ are things you’re not proud of, but they’re a lot easier to admit to than ‘anger’. So, you try to keep the anger hidden, too—but it keeps coming out.

During the moments when anger presents itself, you feel like things just aren’t turning out as you had hoped they would. You excuse it’s presence because of the terrible things that have been forced on you. In every angry moment—the real reason you’re angry is because it’s just absolutely not fair. And you’re right about everything. None of it is fair.

One of the good things that is going to come out of this, is the fact that you will survive. Maybe you don’t even want to right now, but you will. There is a part of you that keeps holding on, hoping for the redemption of your circumstances. Encourage that part of you to press on. Tell yourself to keep believing. The Spirit of God in you wants it all to make sense…and it will.

Some of the pain will never be gone completely. Part of the memory of the fear and anger will remain. These things will empower you in the future. They will turn into tools of usefulness—hard won wisdom—and you will be at peace.

Declaration: I will find new strength by choosing to take one day at a time. I will pursue things that will bring about peace and face the fact that my healing is a detailed process. I will receive my consolation from the God of all comfort.

IF YOU SUBSCRIBE TO NEW STRENGTH DEVOTIONAL BELOW, A NEW SEGMENT WILL COME TO YOUR EMAIL EACH DAY.

For music selections that will help bring hope and encouragement during your recovery from depression and addiction, https://www.youtube.com/user/NewStrengthMusic/playlists?sort=dd&view=1

All NEW STRENGTH posts are Copyright by Christina Cook Lee 2012. Please request permission to re-post or re-blog.

Living by faith

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Topic: Cultivating the will to live

Focus: Living by faith

Psalm 30:11-12 (NKJV) You have turned for me my mourning into dancing; You have put off my sackcloth and clothed me with gladness, to the end that my glory may sing praise to You and not be silent. O Lord my God, I will give thanks to You forever.

If you don’t feel like living—it’s likely you don’t feel like dancing or singing or possibly even speaking out loud…and you sure don’t see any reason to praise God or give thanks.

When compounded trials surround you and you seem to have hit a wall that looks too high to climb over, you might want to just curl up somewhere and try to go to sleep…since everything appears too hard to deal with and you’re tired of the fight. At a time like that, you have to live by faith.

You can start by making a faith statement, which is thanking God for something you’d like to see happen—as though it has already happened. An example would be: “Thank You, God, for lifting the heaviness I feel today. Thank You for giving me hope and encouragement.” Instead of, “Why don’t you help me?”

In Bible days, there were times when David cried out a complaint to God. Other times, when his back was up against a wall, David thanked God for who He was and for His great power. God wants us to cry out to Him and He also wants us to use our faith to acknowledge His power and might.

You could compare it to allowing a small child to carry a big package of some kind. Of course you wouldn’t want him to carry something that might actually cause him physical pain, or damage his bones or organs—but at the same time, you want the child to grow and learn to use his strength. Sometimes you might temporarily let the child try to carry a big package and then carry it for him after he’s tried and knows it is too big for him to manage alone.

NOW, YOU CAN LISTEN AND/OR READ!

(Read more below)

New Strength Inspirational Statement of the Day

God does the same thing with us. He wants our faith to grow and He wants us to learn to trust His strength, also. So, sometimes He lets us carry our ‘burdens’ for a while—and then when we realize our burden is too big for us—He will take it from us. He sometimes waits for us to say, “Help!” And other times, He waits for us to make a faith statement like, “Thank You for setting me free from my burdens.” Or, “I know Your power is so much greater than mine and that nothing is impossible for You.”

The Bible says faith is ‘Calling things which are not as though they were.’ For example, ‘Thank You God, that everything is working out for the best in my life.’ It might seem more like a ‘lie’ than ‘faith’ when you start telling God that everything is working out great—when it just doesn’t look like it is—but God honors faith. He likes it when we make faith statements. He works with faith statements.

God also loves it when we quote His Word back to Him. Scripture says that God’s Word will not return to Him void. In other words, when we use a Bible verse to support a request we are making that acknowledges God’s ability to meet a need we are asking Him to supply—He will honor His Word. In a sense, we are using the Word of God as our ‘currency’. We are using God’s Word to redeem a situation or obtain the provision for a need by acknowledging what the Word of God says in relationship to our need.

Making positive ‘faith statements’ and using God’s Word to acknowledge His power and ability, is actually praising God. You might not think you have a desire to praise God, but if you are willing to acknowledge His power and ability—you are praising Him. ‘Praise’ calls God to come to the rescue. When we praise Him—things get better!

I don’t know if you’ve ever had the opportunity to use an old-fashioned hand operated water pump, or not. But the way a hand pump works is a good comparison to what happens when we praise God in spite of our circumstances.

In order for a hand pump to work at all, it has to be tapped into a source of water. When the pump hasn’t been used for a while, there is a big, dry air space between the mouth or spout of the pump and the well of water down below the ground. To get the pump started, you have to ‘prime’ it. This is done by putting a little bit of water in the mouth of the pump as you pump the handle up and down. As you pump the handle, the ‘prime’ water acts as a plug and creates a vacuum to draw the water up from below. If you keep pumping, you will soon have plenty of water pouring out the spout.

It’s the same way with ‘praise’. When we start with a little bit of praise—we are ‘priming’ our own praise pump. The more we praise—the goodness of God begins to pour forth filling us to overflowing with hope and encouragement.

Declaration: I will find new strength by making positive faith statements and praising God about my circumstances.

IF YOU SUBSCRIBE TO NEW STRENGTH DEVOTIONAL BELOW, A NEW SEGMENT WILL COME TO YOUR EMAIL EACH DAY.

For music selections that will help bring hope and encouragement during your recovery from depression and addiction, https://www.youtube.com/user/NewStrengthMusic/playlists?sort=dd&view=1

All NEW STRENGTH posts are Copyright by Christina Cook Lee 2012. Please request permission to re-post or re-blog.

What’s below the surface

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Topic: Anger

Focus: What’s below the surface

Romans 14:19 (NKJV) Therefore let us pursue the things which make for peace and the things by which one may edify another.

When you’re in a season of deep emotional pain, you have choices to make—choices that will affect you and the people around you—choices that will possibly affect the quality of your future and theirs.

In your lifetime, you have endured many kinds of pain. Some pain has been buried so deep you can’t even consciously remember it—but for the fact that sometimes you are struck with unusual and unexplained sadness, sorrow, fear, or anger.

The God of all comfort knows each and every unseen pain in your past and desires that you would be able to find peace and healing in your innermost being. He wants you to live a life that will get better and not worse. He wants you to be whole—not only for your own peace and well being—but for the purpose of your ability to become someone who brings encouragement and hope to others who are in a place of weakness like you are in right now.

Sadness below the surface is precious to the heart of God. He would love to have spared you of the reason for that sadness—and often you wonder why He didn’t. I don’t pretend to have answers—I only offer to you that our Lord is touched with compassion and grieves when you grieve. He is there with arms wide open. Your pain was not His choice.

You may have dug a deep hole in your heart and are harboring sorrow where it’s out of sight. You’ve been embarrassed to admit it’s still there. You have to hide it, so as not to hurt or offend anyone else. You have held onto it as the last shred of something you lost, and you feel compelled to continue holding onto it—painful as it is to keep. The thought of it not being there is almost fearsome—as though giving it over to God would be a betrayal of sorts…and the thought of it being gone is almost as bad as knowing it’s still there. But you keep holding onto it anyway…

Fear below the surface can take many shapes, but all of the shapes the fear takes are only known to you—because, once again, you are afraid to admit how afraid you are…so you keep it down there…hidden. Layers and layers of fearful things keep your mind wandering in and out of reality. At times you think you’re making progress—and other times, you think you’re not.

(Read more below)

Now, you can listen and/or read!

Link to New Strength Audio Version
New Strength Inspirational Statement of the Day

The saddest thing about all of these things you’re hiding below the surface is that often they result in anger. Anger may not be what you’re really feeling—but anger is what comes out. What you really feel is ‘sad’ or ‘afraid’—but with so many things just below the surface, or buried deep below the surface—something is bound to ‘present itself’…and it’s usually anger.

The truth is, you’re angry that you have to be sad. You’re angry that life has to be this way. Angry that whatever happened to cause the pain ever had to happen in the first place. Angry that you had no control over your circumstances. Angry that you haven’t had the peace you wish you could have about it.

The hardest part about the situation is that everything you are feeling is so repressed—you don’t even like the suggestion of the fact that you could be angry. It feels wrong to admit to it. ‘Sad’ and ‘afraid’ are things you’re not proud of, but they’re a lot easier to admit to than ‘anger’. So, you try to keep the anger hidden, too—but it keeps coming out.

During the moments when anger presents itself, you feel like things just aren’t turning out as you had hoped they would. You excuse it’s presence because of the terrible things that have been forced on you. In every angry moment—the real reason you’re angry is because it’s just absolutely not fair. And you’re right about everything. None of it is fair.

One of the good things that is going to come out of this, is the fact that you will survive. Maybe you don’t even want to right now, but you will. There is a part of you that keeps holding on, hoping for the redemption of your circumstances. Encourage that part of you to press on. Tell yourself to keep believing. The Spirit of God in you wants it all to make sense…and it will.

Some of the pain will never be gone completely. Part of the memory of the fear and anger will remain. These things will empower you in the future. They will turn into tools of usefulness—hard won wisdom—and you will be at peace.

Declaration: I will find new strength by choosing to take one day at a time. I will pursue things that will bring about peace and face the fact that my healing is a detailed process. I will receive my consolation from the God of all comfort.

IF YOU SUBSCRIBE TO NEW STRENGTH DEVOTIONAL BELOW, A NEW SEGMENT WILL COME TO YOUR EMAIL EACH DAY.

For music selections that will help bring hope and encouragement during your recovery from depression and addiction, https://www.youtube.com/user/NewStrengthMusic/playlists?sort=dd&view=1

All NEW STRENGTH posts are Copyright by Christina Cook Lee 2012. Please request permission to re-post or re-blog.

What’s below the surface

By Leave a Comment

Topic: Anger

Focus: What’s below the surface

Romans 14:19 (NKJV) Therefore let us pursue the things which make for peace and the things by which one may edify another.

When you’re in a season of deep emotional pain, you have choices to make—choices that will affect you and the people around you—choices that will possibly affect the quality of your future and theirs.

In your lifetime, you have endured many kinds of pain. Some pain has been buried so deep you can’t even consciously remember it—but for the fact that sometimes you are struck with unusual and unexplained sadness, sorrow, fear, or anger.

NOW, YOU CAN LISTEN AND/OR READ!

New Strength Inspirational Statement of the Day

The God of all comfort knows each and every unseen pain in your past and desires that you would be able to find peace and healing in your innermost being. He wants you to live a life that will get better and not worse. He wants you to be whole—not only for your own peace and well being—but for the purpose of your ability to become someone who brings encouragement and hope to others who are in a place of weakness like you are in right now.

Sadness below the surface is precious to the heart of God. He would love to have spared you of the reason for that sadness—and often you wonder why He didn’t. I don’t pretend to have answers—I only offer to you that our Lord is touched with compassion and grieves when you grieve. He is there with arms wide open. Your pain was not His choice.

You may have dug a deep hole in your heart and are harboring sorrow where it’s out of sight. You’ve been embarrassed to admit it’s still there. You have to hide it, so as not to hurt or offend anyone else. You have held onto it as the last shred of something you lost, and you feel compelled to continue holding onto it—painful as it is to keep. The thought of it not being there is almost fearsome—as though giving it over to God would be a betrayal of sorts…and the thought of it being gone is almost as bad as knowing it’s still there. But you keep holding onto it anyway…

Fear below the surface can take many shapes, but all of the shapes the fear takes are only known to you—because, once again, you are afraid to admit how afraid you are…so you keep it down there…hidden. Layers and layers of fearful things keep your mind wandering in and out of reality. At times you think you’re making progress—and other times, you think you’re not.

The saddest thing about all of these things you’re hiding below the surface is that often they result in anger. Anger may not be what you’re really feeling—but anger is what comes out. What you really feel is ‘sad’ or ‘afraid’—but with so many things just below the surface, or buried deep below the surface—something is bound to ‘present itself’…and it’s usually anger.

The truth is, you’re angry that you have to be sad. You’re angry that life has to be this way. Angry that whatever happened to cause the pain ever had to happen in the first place. Angry that you had no control over your circumstances. Angry that you haven’t had the peace you wish you could have about it.

The hardest part about the situation is that everything you are feeling is so repressed—you don’t even like the suggestion of the fact that you could be angry. It feels wrong to admit to it. ‘Sad’ and ‘afraid’ are things you’re not proud of, but they’re a lot easier to admit to than ‘anger’. So, you try to keep the anger hidden, too—but it keeps coming out.

During the moments when anger presents itself, you feel like things just aren’t turning out as you had hoped they would. You excuse it’s presence because of the terrible things that have been forced on you. In every angry moment—the real reason you’re angry is because it’s just absolutely not fair. And you’re right about everything. None of it is fair.

One of the good things that is going to come out of this, is the fact that you will survive. Maybe you don’t even want to right now, but you will. There is a part of you that keeps holding on, hoping for the redemption of your circumstances. Encourage that part of you to press on. Tell yourself to keep believing. The Spirit of God in you wants it all to make sense…and it will.

Some of the pain will never be gone completely. Part of the memory of the fear and anger will remain. These things will empower you in the future. They will turn into tools of usefulness—hard won wisdom—and you will be at peace.

Declaration: I will find new strength by choosing to take one day at a time. I will pursue things that will bring about peace and face the fact that my healing is a detailed process. I will receive my consolation from the God of all comfort.

IF YOU SUBSCRIBE TO NEW STRENGTH DEVOTIONAL BELOW, A NEW SEGMENT WILL COME TO YOUR EMAIL EACH DAY.

For music selections that will help bring hope and encouragement during your recovery from depression and addiction, https://www.youtube.com/user/NewStrengthMusic/playlists?sort=dd&view=1

All NEW STRENGTH posts are Copyright by Christina Cook Lee 2012. Please request permission to re-post or re-blog.

Living by faith

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Topic: Cultivating the will to live

Focus: Living by faith

Psalm 30:11-12 (NKJV) You have turned for me my mourning into dancing; You have put off my sackcloth and clothed me with gladness, to the end that my glory may sing praise to You and not be silent. O Lord my God, I will give thanks to You forever.

If you don’t feel like living—it’s likely you don’t feel like dancing or singing or possibly even speaking out loud…and you sure don’t see any reason to praise God or give thanks.

When compounded trials surround you and you seem to have hit a wall that looks too high to climb over, you might want to just curl up somewhere and try to go to sleep…since everything appears too hard to deal with and you’re tired of the fight. At a time like that, you have to live by faith.

You can start by making a faith statement, which is thanking God for something you’d like to see happen—as though it has already happened. An example would be: “Thank You, God, for lifting the heaviness I feel today. Thank You for giving me hope and encouragement.” Instead of, “Why don’t you help me?”

In Bible days, there were times when David cried out a complaint to God. Other times, when his back was up against a wall, David thanked God for who He was and for His great power. God wants us to cry out to Him and He also wants us to use our faith to acknowledge His power and might.

You could compare it to allowing a small child to carry a big package of some kind. Of course you wouldn’t want him to carry something that might actually cause him physical pain, or damage his bones or organs—but at the same time, you want the child to grow and learn to use his strength. Sometimes you might temporarily let the child try to carry a big package and then carry it for him after he’s tried and knows it is too big for him to manage alone.

NOW, YOU CAN LISTEN AND/OR READ!

(Read more below)

New Strength Inspirational Statement of the Day

God does the same thing with us. He wants our faith to grow and He wants us to learn to trust His strength, also. So, sometimes He lets us carry our ‘burdens’ for a while—and then when we realize our burden is too big for us—He will take it from us. He sometimes waits for us to say, “Help!” And other times, He waits for us to make a faith statement like, “Thank You for setting me free from my burdens.” Or, “I know Your power is so much greater than mine and that nothing is impossible for You.”

The Bible says faith is ‘Calling things which are not as though they were.’ For example, ‘Thank You God, that everything is working out for the best in my life.’ It might seem more like a ‘lie’ than ‘faith’ when you start telling God that everything is working out great—when it just doesn’t look like it is—but God honors faith. He likes it when we make faith statements. He works with faith statements.

God also loves it when we quote His Word back to Him. Scripture says that God’s Word will not return to Him void. In other words, when we use a Bible verse to support a request we are making that acknowledges God’s ability to meet a need we are asking Him to supply—He will honor His Word. In a sense, we are using the Word of God as our ‘currency’. We are using God’s Word to redeem a situation or obtain the provision for a need by acknowledging what the Word of God says in relationship to our need.

Making positive ‘faith statements’ and using God’s Word to acknowledge His power and ability, is actually praising God. You might not think you have a desire to praise God, but if you are willing to acknowledge His power and ability—you are praising Him. ‘Praise’ calls God to come to the rescue. When we praise Him—things get better!

I don’t know if you’ve ever had the opportunity to use an old-fashioned hand operated water pump, or not. But the way a hand pump works is a good comparison to what happens when we praise God in spite of our circumstances.

In order for a hand pump to work at all, it has to be tapped into a source of water. When the pump hasn’t been used for a while, there is a big, dry air space between the mouth or spout of the pump and the well of water down below the ground. To get the pump started, you have to ‘prime’ it. This is done by putting a little bit of water in the mouth of the pump as you pump the handle up and down. As you pump the handle, the ‘prime’ water acts as a plug and creates a vacuum to draw the water up from below. If you keep pumping, you will soon have plenty of water pouring out the spout.

It’s the same way with ‘praise’. When we start with a little bit of praise—we are ‘priming’ our own praise pump. The more we praise—the goodness of God begins to pour forth filling us to overflowing with hope and encouragement.

Declaration: I will find new strength by making positive faith statements and praising God about my circumstances.

IF YOU SUBSCRIBE TO NEW STRENGTH DEVOTIONAL BELOW, A NEW SEGMENT WILL COME TO YOUR EMAIL EACH DAY.

For music selections that will help bring hope and encouragement during your recovery from depression and addiction, https://www.youtube.com/user/NewStrengthMusic/playlists?sort=dd&view=1

All NEW STRENGTH posts are Copyright by Christina Cook Lee 2012. Please request permission to re-post or re-blog.

Anger

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Focus: What’s below the surface

Romans 14:19 (NKJV) Therefore let us pursue the things which make for peace and the things by which one may edify another.

When you’re in a season of deep emotional pain, you have choices to make—choices that will affect you and the people around you—choices that will possibly affect the quality of your future and theirs.

In your lifetime, you have endured many kinds of pain. Some pain has been buried so deep you can’t even consciously remember it—but for the fact that sometimes you are struck with unusual and unexplained sadness, sorrow, fear, or anger.

The God of all comfort knows each and every unseen pain in your past and desires that you would be able to find peace and healing in your innermost being. He wants you to live a life that will get better and not worse. He wants you to be whole—not only for your own peace and well being—but for the purpose of your ability to become someone who brings encouragement and hope to others who are in a place of weakness like you are in right now.

Sadness below the surface is precious to the heart of God. He would love to have spared you of the reason for that sadness—and often you wonder why He didn’t. I don’t pretend to have answers—I only offer to you that our Lord is touched with compassion and grieves when you grieve. He is there with arms wide open. Your pain was not His choice.

You may have dug a deep hole in your heart and are harboring sorrow where it’s out of sight. You’ve been embarrassed to admit it’s still there. You have to hide it, so as not to hurt or offend anyone else. You have held onto it as the last shred of something you lost, and you feel compelled to continue holding onto it—painful as it is to keep. The thought of it not being there is almost fearsome—as though giving it over to God would be a betrayal of sorts…and the thought of it being gone is almost as bad as knowing it’s still there. But you keep holding onto it anyway…

Fear below the surface can take many shapes, but all of the shapes the fear takes are only known to you—because, once again, you are afraid to admit how afraid you are…so you keep it down there…hidden. Layers and layers of fearful things keep your mind wandering in and out of reality. At times you think you’re making progress—and other times, you think you’re not.

(Read more below)

Now, you can listen and/or read!

Link to New Strength Audio Version
New Strength Inspirational Statement of the Day

The saddest thing about all of these things you’re hiding below the surface is that often they result in anger. Anger may not be what you’re really feeling—but anger is what comes out. What you really feel is ‘sad’ or ‘afraid’—but with so many things just below the surface, or buried deep below the surface—something is bound to ‘present itself’…and it’s usually anger.

The truth is, you’re angry that you have to be sad. You’re angry that life has to be this way. Angry that whatever happened to cause the pain ever had to happen in the first place. Angry that you had no control over your circumstances. Angry that you haven’t had the peace you wish you could have about it.

The hardest part about the situation is that everything you are feeling is so repressed—you don’t even like the suggestion of the fact that you could be angry. It feels wrong to admit to it. ‘Sad’ and ‘afraid’ are things you’re not proud of, but they’re a lot easier to admit to than ‘anger’. So, you try to keep the anger hidden, too—but it keeps coming out.

During the moments when anger presents itself, you feel like things just aren’t turning out as you had hoped they would. You excuse it’s presence because of the terrible things that have been forced on you. In every angry moment—the real reason you’re angry is because it’s just absolutely not fair. And you’re right about everything. None of it is fair.

One of the good things that is going to come out of this, is the fact that you will survive. Maybe you don’t even want to right now, but you will. There is a part of you that keeps holding on, hoping for the redemption of your circumstances. Encourage that part of you to press on. Tell yourself to keep believing. The Spirit of God in you wants it all to make sense…and it will.

Some of the pain will never be gone completely. Part of the memory of the fear and anger will remain. These things will empower you in the future. They will turn into tools of usefulness—hard won wisdom—and you will be at peace.

Declaration: I will find new strength by choosing to take one day at a time. I will pursue things that will bring about peace and face the fact that my healing is a detailed process. I will receive my consolation from the God of all comfort.

IF YOU SUBSCRIBE TO NEW STRENGTH DEVOTIONAL BELOW, A NEW SEGMENT WILL COME TO YOUR EMAIL EACH DAY.

For music selections that will help bring hope and encouragement during your recovery from depression and addiction, https://www.youtube.com/user/NewStrengthMusic/playlists?sort=dd&view=1

All NEW STRENGTH posts are Copyright by Christina Cook Lee 2012. Please request permission to re-post or re-blog.