Daily Reflections reading March 6th
THE IDEA OF FAITH
Do not let any prejudice you may have against spiritual
terms deter you from honestly asking yourself what they mean to you. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS. p. 47
The idea of
faith is a very large chunk to swallow when fear, doubt and anger abound in and
around me. Sometimes just the idea of doing something different, something I am
not accustomed to doing, can eventually become an act of faith if I do it
regularly, and do it without debating whether it's the right thing to do. When
a bad day comes along and everything is going wrong, a meeting or a talk with
another drunk often distracts me just enough to persuade me that everything is
not quite as impossible, as overwhelming as I had thought. In the same way,
going to a meeting or talking to a fellow alcoholic are acts of faith; I
believe I'm arresting my disease. These are ways I slowly move toward faith in
a Higher Power. Page 74 Daily reflections
© Alcoholics
Anonymous World Services
My
thoughts on March 6th Reading
Surrendering myself to a Higher Power is a big step, trust had not been one of my strong points then I came to step three, it said we made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him"
The idea of a Higher Power who actually cared for me was just not in my belief system, I needed that starting place, the idea of simply making a decision to turn over my life to this higher power I had, at first the power grater than myself was the group of drunks I met at the meetings I started to go to
they all seemed to have this elusive faith I was trying to find, they showed me the way to turn my life and will over to the care of the God, they all knew who was all loving and forgiven, I started to give this Higher Power 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
Faith is knowing what is beyond my knowledge, 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 was going through give me faith in how to work the program, it helped me see what my personal needs were, where my faults are and how to correct them
There is another view of my life, if I can only learn to read the signs, 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
I now have the faith God is putting my life back together, if I work the program one day at a time without worrying about the outcome, I will come through all right, to be grateful is to accept my gifts as well as my struggles, Faith helps me do this
My God today seeks to teach and show me the truth, God knows I have the means to be happy within, today, rather than blame my God for not being there, I will seek the truth, faith tells me who left who
Today 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 sometimes it's very hard to believe that God knows what He's doing
I was told to stop trying to control everything, wait and watch for the good things to start happening
God's timetable is not the same as mine, what is asked is that we learn to believe without seeing and to trust when it seems we could do so much better
Today I pray for the faith to go the distance, like a child leaping into a parent's arms I know that l am too precious for God to drop me, Faith is for me that Fantastic Adventure of trusting Him for what I need I have turned my worries and fear over to God its in his care
Fear knocked on my the Door Faith answered no-one was there remember when fears knocks on your door let God answer it
God bless you Al M
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