Quicksand is gripping and powerful. It can pull me in, cover me over and suck the life out of me. It is unrelenting in its grasp. It is useless to fight it. My flailing attempts to release myself only make my predicament worse. The only way out is to lay back, float, and wait for a rescue.
Temptations to act out in my addiction can be as tenacious as quicksand. They seem to suck me into their alluring grasp. There often seems to be no way out. What I have found is that fighting them only gives them strength. White knuckling doesn’t work.
However, there is a way out. I can lay back into the arms of my God and surrender. I don’t have to give in. I can give up and ask God to rescue me. It seems scary at first to not be fighting the temptations with all of my might. But I have found that that only empowers them. Surrender has become a beautiful word. I can give up instead of giving in.
2 comments:
Hi Nancy-
Oh I love your meditations. Some I share at SA mtgs and some at SANON mtgs. The messages go both ways.
Angela
BTW, I really liked "Quicksand" in your blog, and will share it . Thanks for writing it.
God bless,
Larry H.
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