June 9 – Living This Day

Happy birthday, Mom. Today Pastor Mike opens by dedicating the episode to his mother — and it turns out the ripple couldn't be more fitting for the occasion. Living this day. Not yesterday, not tomorrow — today. Mike gets personal about the early days of recovery: double housing payments, a divorce, bankruptcy proceedings, and people in the rooms telling him to just take it one day at a time. Which, he admits, was extremely unhelpful at the time. But the manna principle from Exodus 16 kept coming back — gather enough for today. That's it. That's the assignment. Corey lands it with a line from page 16 of the Big Book about utopia — because it turns out heaven on earth and the fourth dimension of existence look a lot like a Tuesday night kitchen table conversation that somehow reaches people you never expected. That's the ripple. The stone for today: Peace is found in the present. When I focus too far ahead or dwell too long behind, I lose the clarity and strength available today. 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]. Daily Ripples is a daily devotional reflection connecting recovery principles with the life of faith. New episodes every day at dailyripples.com.