July 23 – Trusting God's Work

Pastor Mike and Corey open with a look ahead — the first of a new longer-format series they're calling "Waves," a deeper dive into the Big Book arriving tomorrow — before settling into today's harder question: what happens when you stop trying to manage your own growth? Corey works through the Big Book's portrait of the self-seeker who thinks everything would be fine "if he only manages well," and the counterpoint from Bill's story that utopia is already here, right now, in ordinary moments. Pastor Mike anchors it in Philippians' promise that the One who began a good work will carry it to completion — and in the plain evidence of a Tuesday spent in ministry versus a Tuesday spent drunk thirteen and a half years ago. Also: an unexpected lesson in meditation involving a kid's ball tossed across a living room. The stone for today: I trust God to decide what needs to change in me and when. Read today's full Daily Ripple at www.dailyripples.com — and we'd love to hear from you. Reach out any time at [email protected]. Trusting God's timing | letting go of control | spiritual growth | Christian recovery | 12-step faith | staying present | meditation and prayer | Big Book study | sobriety devotional | addiction recovery Daily Ripples is a daily devotional reflection connecting recovery principles with the life of faith. New episodes every day at dailyripples.com.