Daily Reflections reading March 21st
Material And Spiritual Well-being
Fear…
of economic insecurity will leave us. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 84
Having
fear reduced or eliminated and having economic circumstances improve, are two different
things. When I was new in A.A., I had those two ideas confused. I thought fear
would leave me only when I started making money. However, another line from the
Big Book jumped off the page one day when I was chewing on my financial
difficulties: “For us, material well-being always followed spiritual progress;
it never preceded.”(p. 127). I suddenly understood that this promise was a
guarantee. I saw that it put priorities in the correct order, that spiritual
progress would diminish that terrible fear of being destitute, just as it
diminished many other fears. Today I try to use the talents God gave me to
benefit others. I’ve found that is what others valued all along. I try to
remember that I no longer work for myself. I only get the use of the wealth God
created, I never have “owned” it. My life’s purpose is much clearer when I just
work to help, not to possess.
© Alcoholics Anonymous World Services
My
thoughts on March 21st Reading
Material And Spiritual Well-being encompasses so much for me
I had to look at all the promises of recovery not just the fear of economic
insecurity leaving me, the fear did leave by trusting in my higher power He will
provide me with what I really need
I have never seen a person fail who has thoroughly followed
our path, this is the guarantee that all the promises in recovery will come
true for us if we always follow all twelve steps, first time in my life I knew
freedom and happiness was when I surrender and walked thru the twelve steps
Today I do not regret my past, I can not close the door on
my past least I forget the past I reached my bottom hopelessly lost in the
disease of alcoholism wanting to die more than live, today I can see how my
experiences have benefited many others in their journey to recovery
I have lost interest in many selfish things, some I tended
to hold on to until the last moment came, I do care very much about others
today, I think a lot less about myself and I do think a lot more about others
in my recovering life
My whole attitude sure has changed working the steps and my
outlook upon life is fantastic, fear of people, fear of economic insecurity did
leave me, God provide me with the things I need so I guess that things that
used to baffle me I know how to handle these situations thru Gods help
Today I do realize that God is doing for me what I could not
do for myself in the past, best of all the promises is, sometimes quickly
sometimes, sometimes slowly, but in my life the promises have worked because I
did that foot work for all these promises to become guarantees for me today
Gods gifts are endless as long as my mind is open to Him and
His gifts, acceptance is all I needed I am no longer a victim of myself I have
the love and respect of my family and friends God gave me the gift of choice to
choose how I want to live today, I have that choice every morning
Another gift from God was the willingness to go to any
lengths to stay sober, also willing to change myself I have Gods gift to accept
my life as it should have always been turning my will over to His care, thank
God for freedom of bondage of myself give freely and you shall receive Gods
gift
God bless you Al M
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