Step 3 – As Often As Needed I have learned that turning my will and my life over to God is not a one time event. I’ve heard some people give talks and say that it has been like that for them–a one time, flip of a switch, deal. But for me, for whatever reason, […]
Beyond Food Addiction
In 1991 I wrote a book entitled He Did Deliver Me from Bondage.* I originally wrote it with the intention (assignment from the Spirit of the Lord) to demonstrate how the principles in the Twelve Steps could be used to bring a person, one step at a time, down into the depths of humility and […]
Letting God Flip the Switch
And now, my beloved brethren, I would that ye should come unto Christ,… Yea, come unto him, and offer your whole souls as an offering unto him… (Omni 1:26) Here, in this verse, is the entire answer to freedom from compulsive behavior for me. This is the whole solution to changing my heart. My heart […]
The Sweet Bread of Truth
And I beheld that it was most sweet, above all that I ever before tasted.(1 Nephi 8:11). That’s how Lehi describes the fruit of the tree of life, which is later shown to represent the love of God. Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth […]
Running from Pillar to Post
But behold, I, Nephi, will show unto you that the tender mercies of the Lord are over all those whom he hath chosen, because of their faith, to make them mighty even unto the power of deliverance. (1 Nephi 1:20) To make them mighty even unto the power of deliverance. Do those words pull at […]
Drunken, and Not with Wine
This morning, as I sit down to write today’s entry for this blog, I see in “hindsight,” as they call it, just what good might be coming from having “gone off the deep end” over the last four days. I can see that in this condition, I can write to you out of the midst […]
Unhealthy Eating is an Addiction
Phil (my husband) just left. He’s gone into Logan to run some errands. I stayed home and gratefully. It’s very cold outside–about eight degrees! That’s what the weather service says, anyway. Even if it’s twice that or even three times that, it would still be way below freezing! No thanks. Not for this California born gal. It’s […]