Daily Reflections reading December 2nd
Serenity
Having
had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, . . . TWELVE STEPS AND
TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 106
As
I continued to go to meetings and work the Steps, something began to happen to me.
I felt confused because I wasn’t sure what it was that I was feeling, and then
I realized I was experiencing serenity. It was a good feeling, but where had it
come from? Then I realized it had come “. . .as the result of these steps.” The
program may not always be easy to practice, but I had to acknowledge that my
serenity had come to me after working the Steps. As I work the Steps in
everything I do, practicing these principles in all my affairs, now I find that
I am awake to God, to others, and to myself. The spiritual awakening I have
enjoyed as the result of working the Steps is the awareness that I am no longer
alone.
© Alcoholics Anonymous World Services
My thoughts on December 2nd Reading
First
of all when I am asking God I must believe He does exist and is a part of my
life today knowing He is in my life I now can ask Him to grant me the most
important part of the prayer the serenity When I ask for serenity I am asking
for calmness and inner peace
To enable me to think of calm ways to
handle situations that come up in my life, accept people, places, and things as
they are right now, this present moment in time, asking for the serenity that
needs to be granted to me for it is a gift from God
When on the roller coaster of emotional
turmoil, growth is often painful, the AA program has taught me to experience
the inner change however painful, it will eventually guide me from selfishness
to selflessness If I am to have serenity I must walk past emotional turmoil
The only way I was ever going to get any
serenity was by surrendering completely to God, serenity is a state of mind, a
peace with in myself, only I can give up this serenity to others if I let them
get to me, nothing happens in Gods world by mistake, but a lot happens in man's
world on purpose
Many sick things humans do, I have to
tell you not much was right in my drinking world, being human we all have human
experiences, some are good, some are bad, but its because of our being humans
with free will to do anything we want to do
I took advantage of this a lot in my past,
thank God I had the courage to change and walk on thru my past to find this
peace and serenity, I was seeing in others in recovery, I am having a few
problems health wise, but that’s it, serenity is in my life taking care of my
health is getting better
I need to accept things with the very
serenity I was asking God to grant me, I needed to accept things I can not
change, like tragedy, death, suffering, illness, and pain, I have in my life,
this moment I have to accept my humanness in order to be able to change
Until I have the courage to change any
part of my life that is hurting me, or I don't like, I must accept it but the
difference is I can do it with serenity, that peace of mind we are given when
we are living with in the guidelines of the twelve steps
Courage helps me to deal with the
problems of my life without dependence on alcohol or any substitutes, it can
free me from my self will, give me the strength to learn how to let go of the
past, to live in the world around me I focused on Gods will for me
The changing is to help me stand up and
see my problems as they really are, not as I perceived them to be thru all the
projecting I did in the past, dealing with all issues, gave me the strength
from God who granted me the serenity to face and handle all the situations in
my life
It’s not a struggle for me, God seems to
have been giving me peace and serenity, but some of that stinking thinking
creeps in every once in a while, this stinking thinking is just a thought, I
try and be grateful and remember to count my blessings
Enjoy this peaceful serene times its a
present from my higher power and I am going to enjoy every moment of it, the
faith and trust I have in my God today is something that has built up over time,
I see the all the things He has given me
The blessings the grace, his power all
around me, it puts makes my faith that much stronger when I look at the things
in my life, I certainly can not do anything about my past and I sure do not
know what the future is gone bring, but I can do anything in today
Practicing faith, humility, and honesty
with out fear, facing life directly and honestly I am accepting for myself, to
make these conditions be different for me today, I needed to take an active
part in theses many things that once were controlling my life
Wisdom does come when I ask for Guidance
from God, sponsor, and fellowship, to help me understand my emotions and
behaviors, to teach me how to find the humility, I needed to turn my life over
to God’s care
To know the difference is simply the fact
that of myself I can not even change myself, I needed the humility to look to
God and turn my life and will over to His care, because with this humility I
know in my heart God can do for me what I could not do for myself
God bless you
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