Your Daily Reprieve 10.05.24

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Your Daily Reprieve for Saturday October 5, 2024   From Waynesville, NC

Prayer is often a temptation to bank on a miracle of God instead of on a moral issue; that is, it is much easier to ask God to do my work than it is to do it myself.  Until we are disciplined properly, we will always be inclined to bank on God’s miracles and refuse to do the moral thing ourselves.  It is our job, and it will never be done unless we do it.     -Oswald Chambers     Up to a point people’s lives are shaped by environment, heredity, and movements and changes in the world about them; then there comes a time when it lies within their grasp to shape the clay of their lives into the sort of thing they wish to be. . . . Everyone has it within their power to say, this I am today, that I shall be tomorrow.     -Louis L’Amour     If your ship doesn’t come in, swim out to it.    -Jonathan Winters     In the confrontation between the stream and the rock, the stream always wins--not through strength but by perseverance.        -H. Jackson Brown

Big Book Quote   We reviewed our own conduct over the years past. Where had we been selfish, dishonest, or inconsiderate?   P69

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12&12   Step Twelve - "Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to alcoholics, and to practice these principles in all our affairs." So, practicing these Steps, we had a spiritual awakening about which finally there was no question. Looking at those who were only beginning and still doubted themselves, the rest of us were able to see the change setting in. From great numbers of such experiences, we could predict that the doubter who still claimed that he hadn't got the "spiritual angle," and who still considered his well-loved A.A. group the higher power, would presently love God and call Him by name. p. 109

Twenty-Four Hours   A.A. Thought For The Day Do I have any hard feelings about other group members or for any other A.A. group? Am I critical of the way a group member thinks or acts? Do I feel that another group is operating in the wrong way and do I broadcast it? Or do I realize that all A.A. members, no matter what their limitations, have something to offer, some good, however little, that they can do for A.A. in spite of their handicaps? Do I believe that there is a place for all kinds of groups in A.A., provided they are following A.A. traditions, and that they can be effective even if I do not agree with their procedure? Am I tolerant of people and groups? Meditation For The Day "The Lord shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in, from this time forth and even forever more." All your movements, your goings and comings can be guided by the Unseen Spirit. Every visit to help another, every unselfish effort to assist, can be blessed by that Unseen Spirit. There can be a blessing on all you do, on every interview with one who is suffering. Every meeting of a need may not be a chance meeting, but it may have been planned by the Unseen Spirit. Led by the Spirit of the Lord, you can be tolerant, sympathetic, and understanding of others and so accomplish much. Prayer For The Day I pray that I may be led by the spirit of God. I pray that the Lord will preserve my goings and my comings.

Daily Thought ^*^*^*^*^ (\    ~~    /) (     \(AA)/     ) (_ /AA\ _) /AA\ ^*^*^*^*^ Obsession "Most of us have been unwilling to admit we were real alcoholics. No person likes to think he is bodily and mentally different from his fellows. Therefore, it is not surprising that our drinking careers have been characterized by countless vain attempts to prove we could drink like other people. The idea that somehow, someday he will control and enjoy his drinking is the great obsession of every abnormal drinker. The persistence of this illusion is astonishing. Many pursue it into the gates of insanity and death. We learned that we had to fully concede to our innermost selves that we were alcoholics. This is the first step to recovery." 1976 AAWS, Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 30 Thought to Consider. . . An obsession: A persistent, recurring idea that does not respond to reason.       *~*AACRONYMS*~* T R U S T Try Relying Upon Steps and Traditions

Daily Reflection   YESTERDAY'S BAGGAGE For the wise have always known that no one can make much of his life until self-searching becomes a regular habit, until he is able to admit and accept what he finds, and until he patiently and persistently tries to correct what is wrong. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 88   I have more than enough to handle today, without dragging along yesterday's baggage too. I must balance today's books, if I am to have a chance tomorrow. So I ask myself if I have erred and how I can avoid repeating that particular behavior. Did I hurt anyone, did I help anyone, and why? Some of today is bound to spill over into tomorrow, but most of it need not if I make an honest daily inventory.

Pot Luck     Keep It Simple   Where there is no vision, a people perish. —Ralph Waldo Emerson   Working our program teaches us to see things more clearly. We learn to look at who we really are. At first, we’re scared to see ourselves. But it turns out okay, even though we're not perfect.   We also begin to see others more clearly. We see some good in people we don’t like. And we see faults in people we thought were prefect. But we don’t judge people anymore. Nobody is perfect. Just as our program friends accept us as we are, we learn to accept others.   Prayer for the Day: Higher Power, sometimes I don’t like what I see. Help me to believe Your will is best for me. Help me have a vision.   Action for the Day: I will use my new way of seeing thing to avoid trouble today.

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