Daily Reflections reading January 19th
Round-The-Clock Faith
Faith has to work twenty-four hours a day in and through us, or we perish. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p.16
The essence of my spiritually, and my sobriety, rests on a round-the-clock faith in a Higher Power. I need to remember and rely on the God of my understanding as I pursue all of my daily activities. How comforting for me is the concept that God works in and through people. As I pause in my day, do I recall specific concrete examples of God’s presence? Am I amazed and uplifted by the number of times this power is evident? I am overwhelmed with gratitude for my God’s presence in my life of recovery. Without this omnipotent force in my every activity, I would again fall into the depths of my disease – and death.
© Alcoholics Anonymous World Services
My thoughts on January 19th Reading
Round-The-Clock Faith WOW! I don't know
anyone who has that kind of faith; everyone has a bad day or two that could
mess up faith, by using or free will on situations that come up in our lives
this does not mean we lost our faith
It just means that we are human and many
times we react to things instead of acting upon them with the knowledge we have
been given in the program, our faith will kick in again quickly if we are
spiritual fit and have a sound program
Early in recovery I needed to find that
power greater than myself the idea of a Higher Power who actually cared for me
was just not in my belief system, I needed a starting place the idea of simply
making the decision in step three
To turn over my life to this higher power
who at first was the group I met at the meetings, they all seemed to have this
elusive "faith" I was trying to find, they showed me the way to turn
my life and will over to the care of the God they all knew
Who was all loving and forgiving, I
started to give this Higher Power lip service, it took time and a lot of
honesty and humility to even start to have a little faith, God did not want
perfect faith from me, only a willingness to try to do my part
The trusting in some thing I could not
see nor at that time feel, for me faith is knowing what is beyond my knowledge,
seeing what is beyond my sight, faith is a feeling I can acquire by practicing
and seeing the wonders God has preformed in my life
I wanted to know how to work the program,
fear would stop me in my tracks every time, I found the faith to over come the
fears, I had to look at my own life in a different light, I have to remember
fear is not a lack of faith, faith is the tool I use to overcome the fears that
come in daily living
When there are no signs and all is
darkness like my past, that's when faith is needed the most I now have the
faith God is putting my life back together if I keep working the program, being
grateful is to accept all my gifts as well as my struggles, Faith helps me do
this
With my faith and an attitude of
gratitude anything is possible for me today, I have to remember in tough times
God is walking beside me, He will never give me more than I can handle in any
one given day but I still have that free will getting in the way at times
I guess round the clock faith is not
living in reality, I am not perfect I am just a human being doing human things,
the difference today is I know the difference between right and wrong. I know
how to make amends and turn it back over to God
Sometimes it's very hard to believe that
God knows what He's doing, I was told to stop trying to control everything,
just wait and watch for the good things to start happening, His time table is
not the same as mine what is asked is I have faith learn to believe without
seeing and to trust when it seems we could do so much better
Today I pray for the faith to go the
distance like a child leaping into a parent's arms I know that l am too
precious for God to drop me, when fear comes knocking on your door let your
faith in your God answer it
God bless you Al M
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