Your Daily Reprieve 04.30.24

 

 

Your Daily Reprieve for Tuesday April 30, 2024   From Waynesville, NC

Life is the flower for which love is the honey.   Victor Hugo     "The longer I live, the more I read, the more patiently I think, and the more anxiously I inquire, the less I seem to know... Do justly. Love mercy. Walk humbly [with your God]. This is enough." ~John Adams     We mustn't reserve communing with God just for morning and evening prayers, or for weekly worship service, or for when we feel burdened. The goal is to realize that every moment is a meditation. Allow yourself to marvel at the wonder of God's work all around us. Throughout your day, let the sun, a tree, a piece of fruit remind you that everything you could ever want has been provided and can be found right here on earth. While changing the baby's diaper, give thanks for the miracle of creation you hold in your hands. . . . The moment you begin to consider God first in everything you do, the world around you softens and your life becomes easier. You'll feel healthier, happier and at peace with yourself. -Susan L. Taylor     Those who smile rather than rage are always the stronger. -Japanese wisdom

Big Book Quote   We have begun to learn tolerance, patience and good will toward all men, even our enemies, for we look on them as sick people.   P70

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12&12   Step Three - "Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him." But suppose that instinct still cries out, as it certainly will, "Yes, respecting alcohol, I guess I have to be dependent upon A.A., but in all other matters I must still maintain my independence. Nothing is going to turn me into a nonentity. If I keep on turning my life and my will over to the care of Something or Somebody else, what will become of me? I'll look like the hole in the doughnut." This, of course, is the process by which instinct and logic always seek to bolster egotism, and so frustrate spiritual development. The trouble is that this kind of thinking takes no real account of the facts. And the facts seem to be these: The more we become willing to depend upon a Higher Power, the more independent we actually are. Therefore dependence, as A.A. practices it, is really a means of gaining true independence of the spirit. pp. 35-36

Twenty-Four Hours A.A. Thought For The Day The A.A. program is one of faith because we find that we must have faith in a Power greater than ourselves if we are going to get sober. We're helpless before alcohol, but when we turn our drink problem over to God and have faith that He can give us all the strength we need, then we have the drink problem licked. Faith in that Divine Principle in the universe which we call God is the essential part of the A.A. program. Is faith still strong in me? Meditation For The Day Each one of us is a child of God, and as such, we are full of the promise of spiritual growth. A young person is like the springtime of the year. The full time of the fruit is not yet, but there is promise of the blossom. There is a spark of the Divine in every one of us. Each has some of God's spirit that can be developed by spiritual exercise. Know that your life is full of glad promise. Such blessings can be yours, such joys, such wonders, as long as you develop in the sunshine of God's love. Prayer For The Day I pray that I may develop the divine spark within me. I pray that by so doing I may fulfill the promise of a more abundant life.

Daily Thought ^*^*^*^*^ (\   ~~   /) (    \(AA)/    ) (_ /AA\ _) /AA\ ^*^*^*^*^ Serenity "So, here I am, sober. Successful. Serene. Just a few of the gifts of the program for surrendering, suiting up, and showing up for life every day. Good days and bad days, reality is a wild ride, and I wouldn't miss it for the world. I don't question how this program works. I trust in my God, stay involved in A.A. service, go to lots of meetings, work with others, and practice the principles of the Steps to the best of my willingness each day. I don't know which of these keeps me sober, and I'm not about to try to find out. It's worked for quite a few days now, so I think I'll try it again tomorrow." c. 2001 AAWS, Alcoholics Anonymous Fourth Edition p. 337 Thought to Consider . . . Serenity isn't freedom from the storm; it is peace within the storm. *~*AACRONYMS*~* L O V E Living Our Valuable Experiences

Daily Reflection   A GREAT PARADOX These legacies of suffering and of recovery are easily passed among alcoholics, one to the other. This is our gift from God, and its bestowal upon others like us is the one aim that today animates A.A.'s all around the globe. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 151   The great paradox of A.A. is that I know I cannot keep the precious gift of sobriety unless I give it away. My primary purpose is to stay sober. In A.A. I have no other goal, and the importance of this is a matter of life or death for me. If I veer from this purpose I lose. But A.A. is not only for me; it is for the alcoholic who still suffers. The legions of recovering alcoholics stay sober by sharing with fellow alcoholics. The way to my recovery is to show others in A.A. that when I share with them, we both grow in the grace of the Higher Power, and both of us are on the road to a happy destiny.

Pot Luck     #EVERYDAY   DOING IT OURSELVES   Selfless not selfish.  When I first got here, I was not so sure. I was looking for a new way of life. I thought I had a drinking problem. And by stopping drinking all would be okay. There are no magic potions, secret handshakes or quick fixes for the real alcoholic who suffers from alcoholism;  there are the 12 steps.   No one ever really tried to shove anything down my throat. Sometimes I would say that's what people were doing so that I could use it as an excuse to not do anything at all. After a few years of what I would call sobriety, my eyes were open and I was able to see how others were doing it with hard work - the 12 steps to be precise. A way to and  through the Father who presides over all of us.   Father, please, let me never forget that I am not doing this alone.   Today I will work on being selfless.   Peace be with you.

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