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Endigar 501 ~ . . .To Be of Service

Posted in Uncategorized with tags , , , , , , on August 2, 2014 by endigar

From Tomorrow’s Daily Reflections;

Our real purpose is to fit ourselves to be of maximum service to God and the people about us.   (Alcoholics Anonymous, page 77)

It is clear that God’s plan for me is expressed through love. God loved me enough to take me from alleys and jails so that I could be made a useful participant in His world. My response is to love all of His children through service and by example. I ask God to help me imitate His love for me through my love for others.

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The love of God in this whole recovery process only becomes relevant to me as I learn to hear and comprehend communication from Gomu (God of my understanding).   Until that becomes a “working part of the mind” (Alcoholics Anonymous, page 87), I must rely on the strength of my self-love and desire for self-preservation to motivate me to help others.  I must find a way to give what I desire to keep.  So, until that time, the best I can give is a simulation of His apparent love.

 

I am posting tomorrow’s reflection today because I have to make a long distant journey on an amends’ adventure.  God grant me the serenity, courage, and wisdom for this mission.

 

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Endigar 500 ~ We Become Willing . . .

Posted in Uncategorized with tags , , , , , , on August 2, 2014 by endigar

From Today’s Daily Reflections;

At the moment we are trying to put our lives in order. But this is not an end in itself.  (Alcoholics Anonymous, page 77)

How easily I can become misdirected in approaching the Eighth Step! I wish to be free, somehow transformed by my Sixth and Seventh Step work. Now, more than ever, I am vulnerable to my own self-interest and hidden agenda. I am careful to remember that self-satisfaction, which sometimes comes through the spoken forgiveness of those I have harmed, is not my true objective. I become willing to make amends, knowing that through this process I am mended and made fit to move forward, to know and desire God’s will for me.

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“I am vulnerable to my own self-interest and hidden agenda…self-satisfaction…is not my true objective…”

What then is my true objective?

“…through this process I am mended and made fit to move forward, to know and desire God’s will for me.”

The tools this program trains me to use so that I may have a helpful life to other alcoholics is prayer, meditation, principals of the steps to live by, and sponsorship received and given in the fellowship.

 

 

 

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Endigar 499 ~ Living It

Posted in Uncategorized with tags , , , , , , on August 1, 2014 by endigar

From Today’s Daily Reflections;

The spiritual life is not a theory. We have to live it.   (Alcoholics Anonymous, page 83)

When new in the program, I couldn’t comprehend living the spiritual aspect of the program, but now that I’m sober, I can’t comprehend living without it. Spirituality was what I had been seeking. God, as I understand Him, has given me answers to the whys that kept me drinking for twenty years. By living a spiritual life, by asking God for help, I have learned to love, care for and feel compassion for all my fellow men, and to feel joy in a world where, before, I felt only fear.

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In context on page 83 of the Big Book, the spirituality that surpasses theory and becomes something I live out is cleaning house and making amends to the people I have hurt.  I think the spiritual life is acting out on the realization that individual human lives are significant.

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