Daily
Reflections reading March 11th
Good Orderly Direction
It
is when we try to make our will conform with God’s that we begin to use it
rightly. To all of us, this was a most wonderful revelation. Our whole trouble had
been the misuse of willpower. We had tried to bombard our problems with it
instead of attempting to bring it into agreement with God’s intention for us.
To make this increasingly possible is the purpose of A.A.’s Twelve Steps, and
Step Three opens the door. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 40
All
I have to do is look back at my past to see where self-will has led me. I just
don’t know what’s best for me and I believe my Higher Power does. G.O.D., which
I define as “Good Orderly Direction,” has never let me down, but I have let
myself down quite often. Using my self-will in a situation usually has the same
result as forcing the wrong piece into a jigsaw puzzle–exhaustion and
frustration. Step Three opens the door to the rest of the program. When I ask
God for guidance I know that whatever happens is the best possible situation,
things are exactly as they are supposed to be, even if they aren’t what I want
or expect. God does for me what I cannot do for myself, if I let Him.
© Alcoholics Anonymous World Services
My thoughts on March 11th Reading
Atheist or agnostic it didn't matter to
me when I was angry, I just didn't like any God, I did not need direction from
anyone, I was never to found of that phrase Good Orderly Direction, to me it
sounded like I could not think for myself
Well when I found the hall I could not
think for myself, my best thinking got me here, that aside well I just did not
want God in my life because I was afraid of Him, the only God I knew of was a
vengeful condemning God I did not want near me
I was doing fine without Him in my life
so I thought, but when I looked at my past I knew I needed a higher power, but
God, no never happen, still stubborn not willing to open my mind to your God,
but I did listen to people over and over again say what this loving God has
done for them
I still resisted asking your God to help
me the Group Of Drunks was still my higher power the good old sponsor always
had the answer, he said the group is your higher power right where did the
group get its strength from, its God that give them the strength and He will do
it for you
If only you would swallow you false pride
and humbly ask Him for help, He can't keep working thru the group, what happens
in the middle of the night when you need help, the group is not there, but God
is and all you need to do is ask him
Well I was at the point of no return so
with the Gift Of Desperation I started to open my mind to what my sponsor was
telling me I believed him when he said, God is always with you in your heart
even when you said get lost to Him, He stayed with you
Today I accept God into my life, the God
I found here in the halls, I do ask for His love and help God has given me the
chance to become a better person and has given me a way to apply His knowledge
of what life is all about with the 12 steps of recovery
doing the footwork that He has laid out
that good orderly direction I try to keep it simple and trust in Him, I know
God is in the heart of everyone, all we had to do is listen with our hearts and
try to do His will for us today
In the forward to the Twelve Steps and
Twelve Traditions it states "A.A.'s Twelve Steps are a group of
principles, spiritual in their nature, which, if practiced as a way of life,
can expel the obsession to drink and enable the sufferer to become happily and
usefully whole"
This is so true if we follow the good
orderly directions in the Big Book, also the directions to work the steps in
the Twelve Steps And Twelve Traditions, after all on page 164 of the Big book
it tells us more will be reveled if our own house is in order
God bless you Al M
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