Your Daily Reprieve 02.06.26

 

Your Daily Reprieve for Friday February 6, 2026   From Lebanon, TN

I have learned that there is more power in a good, strong hug than in a thousand meaningful words. ~Ann Hood   "The mirror is my best friend because when I cry it never laughs" ~Charlie Chaplin   Do noble things, do not dream them all day long.     -Charles Kingsley     "God has promised that whatever you face, you are not alone. He knows your pain. He loves you. And He will bring you through the fire." ~Sheila Walsh.

BIG BOOK QUOTE   The door opened and he stood there, fresh-skinned and glowing. There was something about his eyes. He was inexplicably different. What had happened?   P9

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12&12   Tradition Five - "Each group has but one primary purpose - to carry its message to the alcoholic who still suffers." "Thank heaven I came up with the right answer for that one. It was based foursquare on the single purpose of A.A. `You have faith,' I said. `Perhaps far deeper faith than mine. No doubt you're better taught in religious matters than I. So I can't tell you anything about religion. I don't even want to try. I'll bet, too, that you could give me a letter-perfect definition of humility. But from what you've told me about yourself and your problems and how you propose to lick them, I think I know what's wrong.' "`Okay,' he said. `Give me the business.' "`Well,' I said, `I think you're just a conceited Irishman who thinks he can run the whole show.'   p. 153

Twenty-Four Hours   A.A. Thought For The Day On a dark night, the bright lights of the corner tavern look mighty inviting. Inside, there seems to be warmth and good cheer. But we don't stop to think that  if we go in there we'll probably end up drunk, with our money spent and an awful hangover. A long mahogany bar in the tropical moonlight looks like a very gay place. But you should see the place the next morning. The chairs are piled on the tables and the place stinks of stale beer and cigarette stubs. And often we are there too, trying to cure the shakes by gulping down straight whiskey. Can I look straight through the night before and see the morning after? Meditation For The Day God finds, amid the crowd, a few people who follow Him, just to be near Him,  just to dwell in His presence. A longing in the Eternal Heart may be satisfied by these few people. I will let God know that I seek just to dwell in His presence, to be near Him, not so much for teaching or a message, as just for Him. It may be that the longing of the human heart to be loved for itself is something caught from the Great Divine Heart. Prayer For The Day I pray that I may have a listening ear, so that God may speak to me. I pray that I may have a waiting heart, so that God may come to me.

Daily Thought ^*^*^*^*^ (\   ~~   /) (    \(AA)/    ) (_ /AA\ _) /AA\ ^*^*^*^*^ A New Notion "The idea that religion and spirituality were not one and the same was a new notion. My sponsor asked that I merely remain open-minded to the possibility that there was a Power greater than myself, one of my own understanding. He assured me that no person was going to impose a belief system on me, that it was a personal matter. Reluctantly, I opened my mind to the fact that maybe, just maybe, there was something to this spiritual lifestyle. Slowly, but surely, I realized there was indeed a Power greater than myself, and I soon found myself with a full-time God in my life and following a spiritual path that didn't conflict with my personal religious convictions." c. 2001 AAWS, Alcoholics Anonymous,  p. 287 Thought to Consider . . . God enters us through our wounds. *~*AACRONYMS*~* S W A T Surrender, Willingness, Acceptance, and Trust

DAILY REFLECTIONS   A RALLYING POINT Therefore, Step Two is the rallying point for all of us. Whether agnostic, atheist, or former believer, we can stand together on this Step. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 33   I feel that A.A. is a God-inspired program and that God is at every A.A. meeting. I see, believe, and have come to know that A.A. works, because I have stayed sober today. I am turning my life over to A.A. and to God by going to an A.A. meeting. If God is in my heart and everyone else's, then I am a small part of a whole and I am not unique. If God is in my heart and He speaks to me through other people, then I must be a channel of God to other people. I should seek to do His will by living spiritual principles and my reward will be sanity and emotional sobriety.

POT LUCK   Comforted     The power and presence of God within is my comfort. Loving hug and some encouraging words can go a long way toward helping me feel better when I am in need of comfort. But even when there is no one to hug or encourage me, I am not alone.   God is my comfort during anything I may be called to face, from mild disappointments to devastating losses. I can find God's presence anytime I need it. It is in the quietude of nature and in the peace of my own heart.     I call upon this peace that is always a part of me each time I touch the serenity and perfection of God in prayer. In the Silence, I know my oneness with God and feel in the depths of my heart that all will truly be well. This is my comfort as I find my way through my life's darker seasons.     God is my comfort, now and always.

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