Breathing Under Water: Living the Story Forward
Psalm 78:1–7; John 4:5–42 There is a difference between giving advice and bearing witness. Advice usually begins with what someone else should do. Witness begins with what God has done. Advice can be useful. Sometimes we need a next step, a practical tool, or a wiser way to face what is in front of us. But witness stands on the ground of our own life and says, “Here is where mercy met me. Here is where I was not left alone. Here is what grace has been doing in me.” That is where we land in this final week of Breathing Under Water . Step Twelve says that, having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to others and to practice these principles in all our affairs. Before we go further, I want to say again what we have tried to say throughout this series. We are borrowing the wisdom of the Twelve Steps from recovery communities with humility and gratitude. These steps come from people a...