Daily
Reflections reading April 22nd
New Soul…. New Roots
Moments
of perception can build into a lifetime of spiritual serenity, as I have
excellent reason to know. Roots of reality, supplanting the neurotic underbrush,
will hold fast despite the high winds of the forces which would destroy us, or
which we would use to destroy ourselves. AS BILL SEES IT, p. 173
I
came to A.A. green–a seedling quivering with exposed taproots. It was for
survival but it was a beginning. I stretched, developed, twisted, but with the
help of others, my spirit eventually burst up from the roots. I was free. I
acted, withered, went inside, prayed, acted again, understood anew, as one
moment of perception struck. Up from my roots, spirit-arms lengthened into
strong, green shoots: high-springing servants stepping skyward. Here on earth
God unconditionally continues the legacy of higher love. My A.A. life put me
“on a different footing. . . [my] roots grasped a new soil.”
©
Alcoholics Anonymous World Services
My
thoughts on April 22nd Reading
New soul new roots well God does not make
Junk but I sure did make junk out of what He gave me after I came down off my
little pink cloud I realized I had to really start working on all of me,
starting to making new roots is what makes me a better person
Using the gift of the 12 steps thru the
fellowship, growing to be able to functions as a human being with out the use
of alcohol, or my false EGO, I an no longer alone in my head and thoughts I am
no longer a victim of myself or anyone else
Because the steps have showed me the way
out of the bottle, into real life on Gods terms cultivating my new soul, I have
real friends today, who care about me and are willing to help me day or night
this bond goes both ways, I can be there for others who are hurting like I was
Because of people like you I learned what
I was and when I was not the victim of things, most of the time I was the one
to victimize you and all around me to get my own selfish ways, I was the ruler
of the universe king of my domain
Well planting the seeds to grow new
roots, I had to have Gods help so I could have a true soul filled with His love
for myself and everyone else, I began to get less selfish thinking more about
others and trying to make the many changes I had needed to make
Until AA I do not think I had any freedom
from myself no real feeling about how to live, today I have the freedom to
choose how I want to live and have a choice every morning I became willing to
change myself and accept my part of the mess I caused in my disease
I
did need to clean up the wreckage of my past and I sure had a big street to
clean, I learned not to blaming others for what I did, or allowed others to
blame me for their mistakes, I have the freedom to accept my life turning my
will over to Gods care gave me the freedom
My new roots were growing and I because
aware of what my soul really was, I guess this is why I have had such an
awesome marriage because we became soul mate in recovery and in our lives
living as one in the spirit of our new found God
I will enjoy the time I have left to do
His will for me and to practice these steps in all my affairs, trying to give
back what was so freely given to me is about all I can do in my recovery, I can
now show people how I had to walk thru my fears and hopelessness to find a way
of life
I stay focused on what God in His grace
has given me, showing my gratitude by helping others, and being the father my children
deserved, they had seen the worst in me and now have seen the best in me they
have accepted my marriage to my new wife
As her kids all have accepted me into
their lives, we are not the Brady bunch but all in all we did manage to have a
good family life and have been blessed with 16 grand children along with two
great grand children thank God for the new roots and soul to go with them
God bless you Al M
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