Dear Reader,
`As you may be aware of my ongoing study of scripture, Today I will introduce you to Chapter 2 of the Book of Abraham — a chapter filled with covenant movement, divine promises, and the language of spiritual migration.
In this record, Abraham is not standing still: He is leaving his homeland Haran. In thought he is leaving familiarity with the known and walking toward what He had only been promised.
As I studied, I noticed the line "Therefore, eternity was our covering and our rock and our salvation, as we journeyed…” — Abraham 2:16. This phrase stopped me. What caught my eye was “Eternity was our covering.”
I understood the word "covering", however, I would not normally associate it with eternity.
So, I asked myself what is really being said in this passage.
As I sat with those words, I realized Abraham was not only describing geography — he was describing a spiritual state where he was traveling through uncertain lands, yet he did not feel exposed. He felt covered.
Protected not merely by tents, provisions, or companions — but by eternity itself. Without a blink, I could see the parallel to recovery.
Before sobriety, I lived a life that felt spiritually uncovered. Addiction has a way of stripping away every false protection we think we possess. Alcoholics feel Fear, Shame and Regret most of the time within the same emotion. I remember trying to cover myself in ways that now seem painfully thin: Denial, Control. Isolation and Pride.
Those coverings did not protect — they only concealed. Like fig leaves, they withered quickly under the heat of reality.
Recovery, for me, began much like Abraham’s departure from Haran. It was not physical relocation — but a spiritual migration.
Step One admitted I could no longer manage my own protection.
Step Two opened me to the possibility of a Power greater than myself.
Step Three placed my life into the care of that Higher Power.
That was my departure point.
I did not yet know where I was going — only that I could no longer remain where I had been. As sobriety unfolded, I began to understand what it means to be covered by something eternal.
It did not mean life became easy. It meant life was no longer faced alone.
Eternity covered me in ways I did not recognize at first:
When I survived what should have destroyed me.
When help appeared at the right moment.
When clarity came after years of confusion.
When peace replaced the noise inside my mind.
Looking back, I can see I was being preserved — even before I knew I was being guided.
The Rock and the Covering
Abraham pairs two powerful images: “Eternity was our covering and our rock…”
In recovery, I have come to know both.
The Rock is the Higher Power I lean upon — steady, unchanging, reliable.
The Covering is the assurance that even when I falter, I am not abandoned.
I may stumble — but I stumble inside grace.
I may struggle — but I struggle inside purpose.
I may fear — but I fear inside protection.
Studying Abraham has deepened my understanding that recovery itself is covenant movement.
We leave old lands:
Old behaviors.
Old thinking.
Old wounds.
Old identities rooted in addiction.
And we journey toward promises not yet fully visible:
Sanity.
Freedom.
Service.
Spiritual awakening.
Like Abraham, we walk forward often without seeing the full map — but trusting the One who gave the call to move.
Today, when I reflect on my life, I no longer see survival as accidental.
I see covering.
I see moments when I was held together when I should have fallen apart.
I see mercy extended beyond what I deserved.
I see guidance that could only have come from a Higher Source.
And so, through both scripture study and lived recovery, I find myself able to say:
Eternity was my covering.
It covered me when I was lost.
It covered me when I resisted help.
It covered me when I surrendered.
And it covers me still — one day at a time.
Closing Thought
Abraham’s journey was not merely ancient history.
It is the pattern of every soul who leaves bondage for promise.
And perhaps that is the comfort within this verse:
We are never as exposed as we believe ourselves to be.
When we walk toward healing…
When we move toward faith…
When we answer the call to change…
We do not walk uncovered.
We walk through time… covered by eternity.
