Your Daily Reprieve 06.05.26

 

 

Your Daily Reprieve for Friday June 5 2026   From Waynesvillke, NC

When you are good to others, you are best to yourself.  ~Benjamin Franklin     A.W. Tozer once said,  "Nothing twists and deforms a soul more than a low or unworthy conception of God." Our view of God affects everything we do in life. If we have a warped view of Him, it will alter the way we perceive the world and poison the way we respond to the events in our life.     "Everything is created twice, first in the mind and then in reality." ~Robin Sharma     “I know that I am not a total loss, even when I think I am. I know that freedom and usefulness, love, outgoingness, and sharing are the important things in life.” New Canaan, Conn., April 1976,

BIG BOOK QUOTE   We have three little mottoes which are apropos.  Here they are:   First Things First Live and Let Live Easy Does It. P135

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12&12   Step Two - "Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity." "This is only one man's opinion based on his own experience, of course. I must quickly assure you that A.A.'s tread innumerable paths in their quest for faith. If you don't care for the one I've suggested, you'll be sure to discover one that suits if only you look and listen. Many a man like you has begun to solve the problem by the method of substitution. You can, if you wish, make A.A., itself your `higher power.' Here's a very large group of people who have solved their alcohol problem. In this respect they are certainly a power greater than you, who have not even come close to a solution. Surely you can have faith in them. Even this minimum of faith will be enough. You will find many members who have crossed the threshold just this way. All of them will tell you that, once across, their faith broadened and deepened. Relieved of the alcohol obsession, their lives unaccountably transformed, they came to believe in a Higher Power, and most of them began to talk of God." pp. 27-28

Twenty-Four Hours  A.A. Thought For The Day We alcoholics are fortunate to be living in a day and age when there is such a thing as Alcoholics Anonymous. Before A.A. came into being, there was very little hope for the alcoholic. A.A. is a great rebuilder of human wreckage. It takes men and women whose personality problem expresses itself in alcoholism and offers them a program that, if they are willing to accept it, allows them not only to get sober, but also to find a much better way of living. Have I found a better way of living? Meditation For The Day Very quietly God speaks through your thoughts and feelings. Heed the Divine voice of your conscience. Listen for this and you will never be disappointed in the results in your life. Listen for this small, still voice and your tired nerves will become rested. The Divine voice comes to you as strength as well as tenderness, as power as well as restfulness. Your moral strength derives its effectiveness from the power that comes when you listen patiently for the still, small voice. Prayer For The Day I pray that I may listen for the still, small voice of God. I pray that I may obey the leading of my conscience.

Daily Thought   ^*^*^*^*^ (\    ~~    /) (    \(AA)/    ) (_ /AA\ _) / AA \ ^*^*^*^*^ The Light "To what extent I was personally responsible for my drinking, I don't know. Yet I'm not one to take complete refuge in the idea that I was a sick man only. In earlier years, I certainly had some degree of free will. That free will I used badly, to the great misery of my mother and countless others. I am deeply ashamed. As one who knows me a little, you may have heard how, ten years ago, a friend, himself a liberated alcoholic, came to me bearing the light which finally led me out of the toils. There will come a day like that for you and yours - I'm so confident!" Bill W., Letter to the Mother of an Alcoholic, Dec. Language of the Heart, p. 102 Thought to Consider . . . It's impossible for me to love God and hate myself. *~*AACRONYMS*~* A L C O H O L I C S A Life Centered On Helping Others Live In Complete Sobriety

DAILY REFLECTIONS   ENTIRELY READY? "This is the Step that separates the men from the boys " . . . the difference between "the boys and the men" is the difference between striving for a self-determined objective and for the perfect objective which is of God. . . . It is suggested that we ought to become entirely willing to aim toward perfection. . . . The moment we say, "No, never!" our minds close against the grace of God. . . . This is the exact point at which we abandon limited objectives, and move toward God's will for us TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, pp. 63, 68, 69   Am I entirely ready to have God remove these defects of character? Do I know at long last that I cannot save myself? I have come to believe that I cannot. If I am unable, if my best intentions go wrong, if my desires are selfishly motivated and if my knowledge and will are limited—then I am ready to embrace God's will for my life.

POT LUCK     Sometimes I'm awfully impressed by fools. ~Kelly Q.     The man who said this memorable line had once believed he might feel better about himself if only he owned more. As an adult child, he felt he had missed out on something and somehow got the idea he could achieve peace by acquisition. So he started to collect things like boats, expensive new cars, better clothes, and so on. His models were people who had all the toys he was now collecting. He listened to them, followed them around, and imitated them. They were his heroes.     Luckily, it didn't take him too long to discover the truth. As he got to know these people, he saw they were no happier because of what they had. One or two of them were happy, but their happiness didn't depend on what they had. The rest of them, he learned, were fools who mindlessly looked for joy and meaning outside themselves.     This man's "recovery by acquisition" experiment was only a slight detour, and he is back on the road to healthy thinking.     He is no fool.     Today, I thank God for peace and happiness and remember these riches are inside, not outside, me.

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