Daily
Reflections reading June 21st
Fear And Faith
The
achievement of freedom from fear is a lifetime undertaking, one that can never
be wholly completed. When under heavy attack, acute illness, or in other condition
of insecurity, we shall all react to this emotion – well or badly, as the case
may be. Only the self-deceived will claim perfect freedom from fear. AS BILL
SEES IT, p. 263
Fear
has caused suffering when I could have had more faith. There are times when
fear suddenly tears me apart, just when I’m experiencing feelings of joy,
happiness and a lightness of heart. Faith–and a feeling of self-worth toward a
Higher Power -helps me endure tragedy and ecstasy. When I choose to give all of
my fears over to my Higher Power, I will be free.
© Alcoholics Anonymous World Services
My
thoughts on June 21st Reading
I don't believe fear is a lack of faith, some fears are very
healthy and should be felt, faith is the tool I needed to pick up, in order to
recognize the fear and walk on thru it, fears of failure in recovery have been
taken away
When I turned everything over to God, as I understand Him, fears
are just other feeling I have learned how to deal with work thru the 12 steps,
acceptance in the big book tells me how to change my behaviors and attitudes
about things
After all nothing is perfect, I sure do have my moments that
suck and I feel I have failed but I do not have to dwell in them, if it is
something I can't change then I ask for the serenity
To accept what God has given me, after all He still has the
big picture of my life, not me we all have tragic things happening in our
lives, at times and we have the right to feel the sadness
But we also need to move on with our lives, walk thru the
fears with-out picking up that drink, AA did not promise me a perfect world,
but it did give me a chest full of tools to deal with anything
What I want in life
would be a perfect world, where there is no pain or suffering, but I am human and
know that others will always be doing things that do not fit into my plans,
fear can stop me in my tracks
If I continue with the kicking and screaming, I need to
accept the things I can't change, with the serenity God has bless me with, God
has given me choices, I choose to do His will, not let fear cause me to
fail
I was told early on
in the program you could never fail at anything in life till you stop trying,
so I just keep my faith in God, do the next right thing when times are hard for
me
God has not given me more than I can handle in anyone day,
so today I has succeeded because I did not fine it necessary to pick up a drink
and I still have my life, only when we are no longer afraid do we begin to
live.
God bless you Al M
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