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ItsAllGolden


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I have a beautiful friend that always says her Higher Power is the God of her Misunderstanding...mostly due to the fact that she's always tried to figure out the whole God concept, something concrete and understandable, and was always left empty-handed since there's so much that remains a mystery in life.

I miss my friend, and frankly I miss my Higher Power. I need to get off my butt and feed my spirit. I've been so uptight, or wound so tight since moving here that I've totally neglected feeding my spirit. I pray all the time, but thinking back, prayer wasn't ever what gave me peace; it was my meditations. Taking that time out to connect. Not trying to be God, or to figure out God, but just to appreciate that there is a power greater than myself, and that power is with me, not against me.

I've got so much work to do in this life and I think it's overwhelmed me. I think about all the work I've done thus far, and how little progress I've made ~ by my own standards ~ and I think about all the tough difficulties and man, it just engulfs me at times. I forget that my own personal mantra used to be, "I need to quit telling God how big my storm is, and start telling the storm how big my God is."

My Higher Power is, was and irregardless of how I feel about it, will ALWAYS be bigger than any storm life can throw at me. I need to get busy living, truly living, and not just existing.
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John


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I don't need to worry about understanding God, I just accept that God understands me.

John

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Hi Goldie, Thanks for sharing. I recently received this from an addict in Bombay. I'm not sure where I met Sunil, maybe here, maybe another chat room. Anyway, he sent this prayer that spoke to me, hope you like it too.

God, I come to You burdened with
worries, fears, doubts and troubles.
Calm and quiet me with piece of mind.
Empty me of the anxiety that disturbs me,
of the concerns that weary my spirit and
weigh heavy on my heart.
Loosen my grip on the disappointments
and grievances I hold on to so tightly.
Release me from the pain of past hurts,
of present anger, and tension of future fears.
Sometimes it's too much for me Lord
too many demands and problems
too much sadness, suffering and stress.
Renew me spiritually and emotionally.
Give me new strength, hope and confidence.
Prepare me to meet the constant struggles of daily life
with a deeper faith and trust in You.
Let your love set me free
for peace, for joy, for grace,
for life, for others forever...AMEN
{hugs}
simply sunil


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Tahir


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Yes, Sunil's regular emails with nice recovery stuff has been part of my regular recovery dose for sometime now smile.gif Haven't met him in person nor do we know how each other look, but still we have a very good relationship with each other, something that is only possible in this miraculous home and family called Narcotics Anonymous.

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I have also been recieving  emails from sunil he is a member here and posted a great deal of stuff including his website one day and it was JAM PACKED with stuff for recovery, quite impressive.


http://jftna.org/jft/index.php


For some reason I thought about some idiom's this mornin LOL


Life, apples instead of oranges


A Blessing In Disguise


A Doubting Thomas


A House Divided Against Itself Cannot Stand

I have been trying to meditate more also due to the fact that i have things I need to accept that are UNacceptable to me bleh I am not going to change them they just ARE and most of them I need to get honest about with myself just the same way I had to get really honest about my addiciton, these things I am powerless over and mostly its just simply ME who gets in the way of my own progress.


Hang in there itsallgolden becuase it is all golden but to get the gold it takes work and patience and vigilancebiggrin some pain too I know this for real I go through a lot of pains finding real gold in the rivers today my back is such a mess, everyone says WHY DO YOU DO IT? for the gold of course mother natures beautiful treasure aww





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