A Word on Growth By Chris Bunton God has moved in my life many times. He has moved to bless me. He has moved to correct me. He has moved to save me, and He has moved to protect me. He has also moved in ways that I have not understood, and still don’t understand.Continue reading “God’s Contract”
Category Archives: Criminal Recovery
A God of Second Chances
Spiritual Truth By Chris Bunton I hear some Christians say this a lot. “God is a God of second chances.” Every time I hear it, it is like a punch in the face; because I need a God of infinite chances. And so do they, despite what they might believe. They seem to often believeContinue reading “A God of Second Chances”
Expect Respect
Why Associate With People Who Do Not Respect You? That’s the question. Why should we associate or be involved with people who do not respect us? Why be friends with, or go to a church or be part of a group or organization where you are treated as a second class citizen? Seriously? You wereContinue reading “Expect Respect”
Walking on Water
Take A Step In Faith To See Miracles In Your Life When we have trouble in our lives we often pray to God. But, sometimes we do not see anything happening. We expect a bolt from the blue, or a miracle, but God mostly works through His creation. So we relax andContinue reading “Walking on Water”
Real Hope
Spiritual Truth by Chris Bunton There was an experiment conducted in the 1950’s using rats. Read more HERE. It was a cruel experiment but it gives some important insights. The experimenter, took domestic rats and put them in glass jars filled with water. A few rats immediately gave up and committed suicide, basically. But, the restContinue reading “Real Hope”
Your Special Life
Encouragement Poem by Chris Bunton Of all the millionsof tiny sperm cells.You were the fastest. You just so happened,to be strong enough,to penetrate an egg. An egg that hadnot been shed yet;on a drunken night. You survived a thousandways to die before life,and did not get aborted. You survived a birththat could have gone bad.AndContinue reading “Your Special Life”
Ever Healed?
A Life Poem by Chris Bunton Scrolling through Facebook,when I find a meme. It’s a video,of a fishing boat. Where a daughterand her daddy. Are reeling in a fish,the little girl just caught. She is so excited,and squealing loud. Grab the net! Grab the net!Daddy! Get the fish! She jumps up and down,as her daddyContinue reading “Ever Healed?”
Remembering
Recovery Advice by Chris Bunton I was walking downtown at night, when I got the strong smell of whiskey in my nose. It was over powering, and brought back memories of puking that stuff up a thousand times. It was Southern Comfort. The smell was so recognizable I could almost taste it. I haveContinue reading “Remembering”
Rock Bottom
Recovery Poem By Chris Bunton There comes a point in a person’s life where things must change.They have hurt themselves, and others.They have lost everything they had.They have even lost their way.It’s a point, where the failures and the terrible things of their past rise up to haunt them.They must change or perish. Because of whatContinue reading “Rock Bottom”
That 80’s Night
Poem by Chris Bunton It was a dark nightat the end of the 80s When we partied like fools,in a demon filled rage. Young and dumb and alive forever;flying down back roads like banshees high. To a place for a burning pyre. Around the orange flameswe danced. Where fights occurredand rumors spread like STDs. DoContinue reading “That 80’s Night”
Free Life Blog 