Your Daily Reprieve 06.07.26

 

 

Your Daily Reprieve for Sunday June 7 2026   From Waynesvillke, NC

Even as we grieved, we grew. Even as we hurt, we hoped. Even as we tired, we tried. Amanda Gorman     "Hope is believing in spite of the evidence, then watching the evidence change. ... Simply put, faith makes hope possible. And hope is the single most important ingredient for changing the world." --Jim Wallis     When God blesses you financially, don't raise your standard of living. Raise your standard of giving. Mark Batterson     "No amount of me trying to explain myself was doing any good. I didn't even know what was going on inside of me, so how could I have explained it to them?" ~Sierra D. Waters

BIG BOOK QUOTE   Here was something at work in a human heart which had done the impossible. My ideas about miracles were drastically revised right then.   P11

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12&12   Step Two - "Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity." Sometimes A.A. comes harder to those who have lost or rejected faith than to those who never had any faith at all, for they think they have tried faith and found it wanting. They have tried the way of faith and the way of no faith. Since both ways have proved bitterly disappointing, they have concluded there is no place whatever for them to go. The roadblocks of indifference, fancied self-sufficiency, prejudice, and defiance often prove more solid and formidable for these people than any erected by the unconvinced agnostic or even the militant atheist. Religion says the existence of God can be proved; the agnostic says it can't be proved; and the atheist claims proof of the nonexistence of God. Obviously, the dilemma of the wanderer from faith is that of profound confusion. He thinks himself lost to the comfort of any conviction at all. He cannot attain in even a small degree the assurance of the believer, the agnostic, or the atheist. He is the bewildered one. p. 28

Twenty-Four Hours  A.A. Thought For The Day Alcoholism is a progressive illness. We go through the three stages of social drinking, trouble drinking, and merry-go-round drinking. We land in hospitals and jails. We eventually lose our homes, our families, and our self-respect. Yes, alcoholism is a progressive illness and there are only three ends to it--the insane asylum, the morgue, or total abstinence. Will I choose not to take the first drink? Meditation For The Day You not only can live a new life but you also can grow in grace and power and beauty. Reach ever forward and upward after the things of the spirit. In the animal world, the very form of an animal changes to enable it to reach that upon which it delights to feed. Your whole character changes as you reach upward for the things of the spirit for beauty, for love, for honesty, for purity, and for unselfishness. Reaching after these things of the spirit, your whole nature becomes changed so that you can best receive and delight in the wonders of the abundant life. Prayer For The Day I pray that I may reach forward and upward. I pray that my character may be changed by this reaching upward for the things of the spirit

Daily Thought ^*^*^*^*^ (\  ~~~  /) (    \(AA)/    ) (_ /AA\ _) /AA\ ^*^*^*^*^ Willpower "We A.A.'s know the futility of trying to break the drinking obsession by will power alone. However, we do know that it takes great willingness to adopt A.A.'s Twelve Steps as a way of life that can restore us to sanity." Bill W., Letter, 1966 As Bill Sees It, p. 88   Thought to Consider . . . Willingness is doing what I have to, whether I want to or not. *~*AACRONYMS*~* L E T  G O Leave Everything To God, Okay?

DAILY REFLECTIONS   LONG-TERM HOPE Since most of us are born with an abundance of natural desires, it isn't strange that we often let these far exceed their intended purpose. When they drive us blindly, or we willfully demand that they supply us with more satisfactions or pleasures than are possible or due us, that is the point at which we depart from the degree of perfection that God wishes for us here on earth. That is the measure of our character defects, or, if you wish, of our sins. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 65   This is where long-term hope is born and perspective is gained, both of the nature of my illness and the path of my recovery. The beauty of A.A. lies in knowing that my life, with God's help, will improve. The A.A. journey becomes richer, the understanding becomes truth, the dreams become realities—and today becomes forever. As I step into the A.A. light, my heart fills with the presence of God.

POT LUCK     Keep It Simple   . . .praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out. - Second half of Step Eleven   Step Eleven teaches us how to pray.  We pray for God's will to replace ours.  Our will got us in trouble.  God's will guides us to simple serenity. We pray for power to live a spiritual life.  This is important, for it takes much strength and courage to live a spiritual life.   The sober path is not always easy.  It takes self-discipline.  We have to say no to our self-will.  We follow God's will for us.  The rewards are great.  We get sobriety.  We get serenity.  We get friendship.  We regain our family.  We get a deep, loving relationship with a Higher Power who wants peace and joy for us and for the world.   Prayer for the Day:  Dear Higher Power,  I pray the words of Step Eleven. I pray to know Your will for me.  And I pray that I have the power to carry out Your will.   Action for the Day:  I will examine my life.  I will look to see how my will gets in the way of God's will.

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