Having gotten over drinking, we have only just begun to enjoy the benefits of A.A. We find new friends, so that we are no longer lonely. We find new relationships with our families, so that we are happy at home. We find release from our troubles and worries through a new way of looking at things. We find an outlet for our energies in helping other people. Am I enjoying these benefits of A.A.?
Meditation for the Day ~
The kingdom of heaven is within you. God sees, as no one can see, what is within you. He sees you growing more and more like Himself. That is your reason for existence, to grow more and more like God, to develop more and more the spirit of God within you. You can often see in others those qualities and aspirations that you yourself possess. So also can God recognize His own spirit in you. Your motives and aspirations can only be understood by those who have attained the same spiritual level as you have.
Prayer for the Day ~
I pray that I may not expect complete understanding from others. I pray that I may only expect this from God, as I try to grow more like Him.
Hazelden
(Let it be a God or Higher Power of your own understanding)
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Progress not perfection.. & Practice makes Progress!
I love this. It describes the essence of my experience in recovery & its most core gift to me, Danielle x
My prayers for this morning which helped me to find peace Today. God bless our Miracles in Progress ~
By your Grace, please let me surrender.. God.. I love you though I can be spoiled on this Earth. I need your all powerful Love to remind me of you All Mighty. You send me such blissful earthbound gifts that I can forget where they came from. Please help me to remain in gratitude & never desperation. There is nver any need for such with you in my heart. You fill my soul with peace when I remember to ask & let you in proper humility. Tis better to love than be loved. Please let me remember this also & nudge me to reach out & touch my family, friends & fellowship if I ever feel at a loss.
This is my usefulnes for you & selfpity need never have a place anymore fixed in my heart. There was a time I survived on & overused this but genuinely Today I've no need of it & can ask & become wiling for its removalwith service instead. Thankyou for filling my heart with peace & letting me know your way is Best. I love you God & I believe in you with all my heart. Such is your Grace & that I can share for without your help I am nothing. Thankyou for making something of me.. Thy Will not mine be done.. Danielle x
-- Edited by Sobrietyspell at 21:08, 2008-05-14
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