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Post Info TOPIC: JFT August 24 Seeking God's will


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JFT August 24 Seeking God's will


 

 

We learn to be careful of praying for specific things.

Basic Text, p. 46

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In our active addiction, we usually did not pray for knowledge of Gods will for us and the power to carry it out.  On the contrary, most of our prayers were for God to get us out of the mess we had made for ourselves.  We expected miracles on demand.  That kind of thinking and praying changes when we begin practicing the Eleventh Step.  The only way out of the trouble we have made for ourselves is through surrender to a Power greater than ourselves.

In recovery, we learn acceptance.  We seek knowledge in our prayers and meditation of how we are to greet the circumstances that come our way.  We stop fighting, surrender our own ideas of how things should be, ask for knowledge, and listen for the answers.  The answers usually wont come in a flash of white light accompanied by a drum roll.  Usually, the answers will come merely with a quiet sense of assurance that our lives are on course, that a Power greater than ourselves is guiding us on our paths.

We have a choice.  We can spend all our time fighting to make things come out our way, or we can surrender to Gods will.  Peace can be found in accepting the ebb and flow of life.

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Just for today:  I will surrender my expectations, look to my Higher Power for guidance, and accept life.

 



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In my recovery I have learned a lot about acceptance.I have surrendered my ideas of how thing happen.I always ask others for knowledge , and listen for answers.Our answers come with assurance that our life is on the right course. The Power that is greater than us is guiding us on our paths.We have to accept the ebb and flow of life .I surrender my expectations , look to the Higher Power for guidance , ans accept life.

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