One fellow asked his friend, “How are you doing?”
His friend: “Pretty good, under the circumstances.”
Fellow: “What are you doing there?”
None of us has to live under our circumstances. We can live above them.
God uses your circumstances. Oswald Chambers said, “It is misleading to imagine that we are developed in spite of our circumstances; we are developed because of them.”
When Paul calls us to be men and women of “character” (Romans 5:4), he uses a word that means, “tested and proven reliable.”
God wants to use each of your circumstances to create a person who is just that – tested and proven reliable.
Recovery Step: Let your circumstances create in you the person you were created to be.
Author: Mark Denison
Mark and Beth Denison, married for 36 years, launched There’s Still Hope as a national movement to call men and women into lives of sexual integrity. Their ministry offers 90-day recovery plans for addicts and one-on-one and group coaching for addicts and their spouses. TSH also produces resources for pastors and churches to confront the porn epidemic that is destroying so many lives.
Dr. Denison was a senior pastor for over 30 years, NBA chaplain, and board chairman at Houston Baptist University three times. With a Master’s Degree in Addiction Recovery, Mark is a certified PSAP and active member of the American Association of Christian Counselors.
Mark has written four books on recovery: Porn in the Pew, 365 Days to Sexual Integrity, A 90-Day Recovery Guide, and 40 Days to Porn-Free Living. His latest book, Jesus on the 12 Steps, will be released later this year.
