Daily
Reflections reading July 3rd
EXPERIENCE: THE BEST TEACHER
Being still inexperienced and having just made conscious contact with God, it is not probable that we are going to be inspired at all times. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 87
Some say that experience is the best teacher, but I believe that experience is the only teacher. I have been able to learn of God’s love for me only by the experience of my dependence on that love. At first I could not be sure of His direction in my life, but now I see that if I am to be bold enough to ask for His guidance, I must act as if He has provided it. I frequently ask God to help me remember that He has a path for me.
© Alcoholics Anonymous World Services
My thoughts on July 3rd
For me spirituality knows God is there for me and I have
been awakened to this by feeling His presents in my life, Spiritual awakening
is simply the knowledge that there is a power greater than oneself
It’s that awareness that some form of a higher power is now
working in our lives when I started my journey into recovery I had no real
belief system of any kind, nor did I want to pray to any type of God, after all
I had control of my life
Only thing I needed to do was stop drinking and move on with
my life again, But I needed more I could see this in all the people I met in
the halls when I got here, They just had something that I so desperately wanted
a peace and happiness about them
The Spiritual experiences are a lot different than a
spiritual awakening, Very few in recovery have that white light spiritual
experience that Bill had, Well the time did come that no power on earth was
going to keep me from drinking
I became as desperate as a dying man could become, I
admitted my powerlessness, I started to honesty pray to this God of your
understanding, six months into my recovery I finally ask this God with all the
honesty and humility I could muster up
I ask Him to remove the desire to drink and all the things
driving my life be taken away, I had this spiritual experience that night lying
on my mothers hide a bed I awaken by the feeling of being bitten by rat like
things, was scared out of my mind
This is what God was doing that night, after I woke tossing
these things off me, I went into a deep sleep it lasted 36 hours, mom look at
me and check to see if I was alive
I awoke with this fantastic sense of Well being I call
absolute total serenity
This was the most wonderful thing I have ever felt in my
entire life Nothing on earth could ever match what I was given on this night so
long ago, there are many different ways to express spirituality I know God
showed me my way
This was a true spiritual experience and total humility and
honesty brought it about
From that day on I had a wonderful relationship with the God
of my understanding I truly accept Gods will, I thank Him each day for the
strength to carry out His will
What I had that night was a deep spiritual experience where
I felt Gods presents, It felt like He picked me up and held me in His arms,
comforting me with His pure love a feeling of absolute total serenity
It did not last long but long enough to change me, I begin
to look at how I needed to make those amends to those I had hurt, We all make
mistakes in life and are always given the chance to change them
Acceptance of change for me comes from recalling things in
the past, I can still do things in my old ways, or I can bring new
understanding into my life, Regardless of circumstances Change brings greater
strength and confidence in all things
God does give me everything I need to change, All I need to
do is accept His help I need changes in my new way of life, I need to accept
these changes with serenity
I do not have to fight anything today
My past is my best asset in knowing how good change is, Change
like the rest of this program is for all those Who WANT a new way of life So
many need this recovery so few accept they have a disease of mind body and
soul!
God and AA sure gave me this life of peace love and serenity
And He will for you if you ask Him God loves us all
God bless you Al M
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