Daily Reflections reading July
13th
Humility Is A Gift
As long as we placed self-reliance first, a genuine reliance upon a Higher Power was out of the question. That basic ingredient of all humility, a desire to seek and do God’s will, was missing. 12 & 12, p.72
When I first came to A.A., I wanted to find some of the elusive quality called humility. I didn’t realize I was looking for humility because I thought it would help me get what I wanted, and I would do anything for others if I thought God would somehow reward me for it. I try to remember now that the people I meet in the course of my day are as close to God as I am ever going to get while on this earth. I need to pray for knowledge of God’s will today, and see how my experience with hope and pain can help other people; if I can do that, I don’t need to search for humility, it has found me.
© Alcoholics Anonymous World Services
My thoughts on July 13th Reading
It was the suffering I experience as a
result of my alcoholic behavior that made me humble enough to admit and finally
accept that I was really powerless of alcohol until I found the necessary
humility recovery was impossible for me
I had to know I could not successfully
control and run my life I would continue to fail with out help
Understand and acceptance of my faults is
being humble with others and myself I have to continue to look at my faults and
be willing to change them and make amends
Humility is the understanding God is now
in charge of my life everything I have is from Him before I found AA I
humiliated myself almost daily my ego was like the good year blimp I was very
embarrassed and powerless over the way I acted out my emotions when drinking
I blamed everyone else for my problems if
only they would listen to ME!!! Do it my way the Ego was crushed when they did
not accept me and then the guilt shame and remorse came I had no self respect
felt lower than pond scum for the way I acted and how I hurt had so many
Today I have some degree of true humility
by being humble before God and my peers like I said I have had enough
humiliation in all the things I did before I found hope in AA humility is a
thing I need to practice in my living some times this mean I have to accept
criticism
I also need to accept the praise of
others when they express themselves with gratitude humility helps me accept
this as part of recovery and I do not let my pride or ego take over, I am
recovering through the love and guidance of my Higher Power God, as I
understand Him
I try to keep in mind that I am what I am
and where all my hope has come from AA if I forget these basics and rely on my
ego I will grow a lot closer to despair, I was afraid to show any kind of
weakness I thought I was indestructible I could control everything
All under my control today thru humility
I have to accept my very real and human limitations humility is truth a humble
attitude is simply one that recognizes where our power ends and God's begins
its letting go of the false and looking at Gods daily plan for me
God bless you all
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