"Take my will and my life. Guide me in my recovery. Show me how to live."
Basic Text p. 25
How do we begin the process of letting our Higher Power guide our lives? When we seek advice about situations that trouble us, we often find that our Higher Power works through others. When we accept that we don't have all the answers, we open ourselves to new and different options. A willingness to let go of our preconceived ideas and opinions opens the channel for spiritual guidance to light our way.
At times, we must be driven to the point of distraction before we are ready to turn difficult situations over to our Higher Power. Anxiously plotting, struggling, planning, worrying-none of these suffice. We can be sure that if we turn our problems over to our Higher Power, through listening to others share their experience or in the quiet of meditation, the answers will come.
There is no point in living a frantic existence. Charging through life like the house is on fire exhausts us and gets us nowhere. In the long run, no amount of manipulation on our part will change a situation. When we let go and allow ourselves access to a Higher Power, we will discover the best way to proceed. Rest assured, answers derived from a sound spiritual basis will be far superior to any answers we could concoct on our own.
Just for Today: I will let go and let my Higher Power guide my life.
Mornin Avid! very pertinent topic for me as beside me continuing to work my 3rd step in "letting my son' go(I MUST REMAIN FOCUSED HERE EVERYDAY) I must ALSO remember God does have a plan.This goes along with our serenity prayer"ACCEPT he is a HEROIN ADDICT(very sick with his disease)COURAGE(to put him out in this strung out period) and Wisdom to know(thru 25 years of my own addiction I know I can not help him)Iwill 'Let go and let God!My recovery must always come first,my HP allowed me to see the light I can only pray that for my 23 year old it will be the same.
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Our purpose is to remain clean,just for today,and to carry the message of recovery.
I really suck at turning things over. I often ask myself "Do you trust God or not?" and the answer usually comes back in that tiny choked voice of fear, "Not really..."
Its really about fear and control with me. Fear that I wont get what I want or need, fear that God wont do things the way I think they should be done... ect...
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I may not be 'All That', but I'm always on my mind!
I really suck at turning things over. I often ask myself "Do you trust God or not?" and the answer usually comes back in that tiny choked voice of fear, "Not really..."
Its really about fear and control with me. Fear that I wont get what I want or need, fear that God wont do things the way I think they should be done... ect...
I think it's like anything else. Practice, practice, practice.
I remember hearing in the rooms "fake it till you make it"
It sounded dumb, but I tried it. I would be lying if I said I'm real good at turning things over......I have way long to go, but I am better at it.
I don't even have a clear picture of the God of my understanding. but I do know that there is a power greater than me in the universe and I pray to that power, call it God, and believe that if I can surrender and trust that I truly will be better off.
It's letting go of the control and fear of losing control that is my obstacle.
Thanks for your post, it got me to look at myself a little more honestly.
-- Edited by avid on Sunday 15th of November 2009 08:24:58 PM
