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The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, ... but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish... ( 2 Peter 3:9 ).

Early on in our recovery process, like the father who cried out, "Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief" ( Mark 9:24 ), we begin to realize that there is a higher power that is willing ( 2 Peter 3:9 ) and able ( Ephesians 3:20 ) to deliver us from our dysfunction.

This may not be the god of our fathers. This God may not even be recognizable by most Christians. When abused by so-called Christians, many look away from Christianity to find a loving Higher Power. In many cases, I believe they find the same (one and only) true God -- just by a different name.

What ever we call our loving Higher Power, we find in this Power a willingness to deliver us from our sins ( Matthew 1:21 ), which bring us so much pain.