Willingness

Do I believe? Or am I even willing to believe?

I know through personal experience that there is a power greater than myself, and I have discovered if I open my heart, that power is God, who will come into my life today.

There is a God and it is not me today. I am but a servant in the Kingdom of God, the creator has given me back my sanity and has allowed me to have power once again...to do His will.

Make the Call

Came to believe...

This simple phrase implies that perhaps we did not believe or have lost our belief, but now something has changed, and we came to believe anew.

I do not believe God cares what we call Him or how we call Him... He just wants us to call Him.

Have the courage today to talk to God. Worry not about what you have been taught about God. Make the effort from your own heart to establish a new relationship with Him.

Make the Call... He will answer.

I've Got the Power

Praying only for his will and the power to carry it out. It sounds simple but in practice, it can be challenging.

I first have to surrender. An admission of my own powerlessness leads me to the almighty power, that is God, and He will give me the power to carry out his will. However, once again I have to be willing and ask.

Through Him I can do all things.

Prayer:  Father God, I pray for your will in my life. I pray for Godly understanding of what I need to be doing and I pray for the power to carry out whatever needs to be done.

Thank Lord for the blessing! Amen.

How To Recover

You have to be desperate enough to need it. You have to want it to get it. You have to be willing enough to do it. You have to have faith to believe it. And you have to give it away to keep it.

The 12 steps are a pathway to God.

Get healed and help the next person... That's our job.

When Trouble Comes

When difficulties arise, and they will, it is important to pause. Our tendency is to react and react quickly. This instinct is not in our best interest. When trouble comes...PAUSE...and pray.

We must ask God what we are to learn from this situation we are in and pray for the power to get through it.

Life is not about staying out of trouble. It is about how we deal with trouble.

God give me wisdom!

Normal

What is normal? Normal is a relative state-of-mind based on a mindset...what we know.

What is normal for some people is not normal for others. I thought it was normal for people to drink every day, because others I hung out with drank every day. Some people I know think it's normal to be in trouble and perhaps spend some time in jail. Others think it's normal to have major relationship issues and drama in their life.

Normal people don't drink every day. Normal people have never been arrested. Normal people have peace in their life, most of the time, even through the drama of life.

In order to change what is considered "normal" for us, we must first look at our mindset. We must have the willingness to be open to a new mindset...learning new things...from new people.

If all we ever use to navigate life is what we have learned so far, we are cheating ourselves out of future learning. There is a better way...there's always a better way. We must be open and willing to learn a better way.

Prayer: Lord please open my mind and heart to learning a better way to live. Please give me the willingness to change. Please give me the new mindset that I need to grow. Teach me Lord. Put the right people in my life to show me. Thank you Lord for the blessing of a new way. - Amen.

AA Will Always Be There....I pray

I know what it is to feel alone...without hope in the world. I have never felt so alone like at the end of my drinking career. The emptiness was all consuming.

Since entering in recovery, I have never felt alone again. I always have the fellowship. I have real friends now. Friends that want everything for me...not anything from me.

At a meeting, I never feel isolated, like I did while drinking. That is because I took the first step and opened up the door to a new life.