Daily Reflections reading April
21st
Cultivating Faith
“I
don’t think we can do anything very well in this world unless we practice it.
And I don’t believe we do A.A. too well unless we practice it. . . . We should practice
. . . acquiring the spirit of service. We should attempt to acquire some faith,
which isn’t easily done, especially for the person who has always been very
materialistic, following the standards of society today. But I think faith can
be acquired; it can be acquired slowly; it has to be cultivated. That was not
easy for me, and I assume that it is difficult for everyone else… ”
Doctor
Bob and the Good Oldtimers, page 307-308
Fear
is often the force that prevents me from acquiring and cultivating the power of
faith. Fear blocks my appreciation of beauty, tolerance, forgiveness, service,
and serenity. A.A., and God, are teaching me how to care about others.
©
Alcoholics Anonymous World Services
My thoughts on April 21st Reading
Fear is often the force that prevents me from acquiring and
cultivating the power of faith. Fear blocks my appreciation of beauty,
tolerance, forgiveness, service, and serenity. A.A., and God, are teaching me
how to care about others.
Surrendering myself to a Higher Power was a big step; trust
had not been one of my strong points
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 a decision to turn over my life to this higher power
Who at first was the group of drunks I met at the meetings,
they all seemed to have this elusive faith I was trying to find, they showed me
the way cultivate the faith to turn my life and will over to the care of the
God, they all knew, and who was all loving and forgiven
Well I started to give this HP some lip service, it took
time with 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
Cultivating faith begins with knowing what is beyond my
knowledge and seeing what is beyond my sight, faith is a feeling we can acquire
by practicing and seeing the wonders God has preformed I wanted to know how to
work the program, fear would stop me, every time
I found the faith to over come the fears, I had to look at
my own life in a different light, what I now was doing give me faith in how to
work the program, it helped me see what my personal needs were, where my faults
were, and how to correct them
There is a another view of my life, when there are no signs
and all is darkness, like my past, that's when faith is needed, it doesn't
matter whether my life was falling apart, I know it needed changing for myself
and I now have the faith what is asked is that learn to believe without seeing
Sometimes it's very hard to believe that God knows what He's
doing, I was told to stop trying to control everything, then we wait and watch
for the good things to start happening, God’s timetable is not the same as mine
I had to trust even when it seems I could do better
God is putting my life back together, if I work the program,
without worrying about the outcome, I will come through all right I had to be
grateful, this being grateful is to accept my gifts, as well as my struggles,
faith helps me do this
My God today seeks to teach me, show me the truth, He knows
I have the means to be happy rather than blame my God for not being there, I
will seek the truth, faith tells me who left, it was my leaving God that caused
all my problems
I know that I am where I'm supposed to be, I made the
decision to turn it over to His loving care, yes I came to believe that a Power
greater myself could restore me to sanity, when fear comes knocking on your
door let your cultivated faith in your God answer it
God bless you Al M
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