May 26 - Growth Through Setbacks

There is no waste in God's economy. This episode holds that phrase up to the light and asks what it actually demands of you. Failure is not the end of growth. Often it is the place where deeper understanding begins. What feels like a step backward can become a step upward. Corey gets a text mid-episode, his son graduated elementary school today. His son's grandmother sent it. There was a night when those two were both intoxicated and fighting. Today he sends her Bible verses in the morning. His biggest defect is now their greatest asset. Page 124 puts it plainly: the alcoholic's past thus becomes a principal asset of the family. Mike frames it with Psalm 119:71 — it was good for me to be afflicted — and Job 23:10 — when he has tested me, I will come forth as gold. If he was never knocked down, he'd never have come off the high horse. The episode closes on the harder edge of the phrase. Corey pushes back on how it gets misused: newcomer walks in, no one reaches out, they leave, and the room says there's no waste in God's economy. He says that's wrong. There's a responsibility the group carries. 2 Corinthians 12:9 closes it: my power is made perfect in weakness. Broken is where willingness starts. Find every daily entry at dailyripples.com. Reach out anytime 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.