Prayer - Asking For Help

[caressa]

Prayer is the process of seeing strength in the midst of weakness, peace in the midst of pain, and power in the midst of feeling helpless. Prayer does change things, just as the rain and the sunshine change the seed into seedlings and the ground nourishes the seedling into full blossom.

We have little to regret when our increasing awareness of the divinity within everything allows us to see that everything in our lives up to now has served us and helped us to grow. It is from that knowledge we can be aware of the good in our lives as it flows from God.

Our lives are saturated with divinity, immersed in reality and filled with possibilities as we are established in strength, peace and power. OSWALD CHAMBERS conveys, "Every time we pray our horizon is altered, our attitude to things changed, not sometimes, but every time."

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Many times I questioned my right to be in recovery. I thought many people qualified more than I did. I was told that I had to go through what I went through, to get me to where I was in today.

Many times I did pray, but it was more like "God get me out of this and I will never do this again." Often it was bargaining with God for my son or my huband because I thought they were the guilty party and not wanting to take ownership for myself.

I didn't think God had much use for me, wasn't too sure there was even much use in even praying. It took me a while, but I made an amend to Him as well as to myself for the choices I made on my journey to the doors of recovery.

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[DJgrrl]

I am in a lot of pain right now. I rpay for peace. The only peace I had was when I got a massage last month. it helped sooooooooooo much. Of course no one else will tell em I ahve to mae the decision myself. It can be lonely some times.

[caressa]

Continued prayers for you DJ. Like you, my pain is always there. A lot of it depends on the amount of self-care that I give myself. Sounds like you are doing that with massage. I am glad it worked for you, it made mine worse.

I did go for a treatment at the Holistic Center and that is always helpful. I found out I had a pinched nerve and tendons that were twisted which was causing my hip to go out.

Hope you are feeling better. When I start to feel lonely, I pick up the phone and/or try to get to a meeting. Isn't so easy when it is raining all the time like it has been, but it is much better for mobility than snow. Snow doesn't cause as much pain as rain, because it is dryer.

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[caressa]

Have read that one of the most efficient and the shortest prayer is "Help!"

By saying the word, we surrender, whether it is a silent prayer or vocalized, if it is done with the right intent and motive, it will be heard and won't go unanswered.

Today, I found it necessary to pray for the willingness to be willing, "Thy will not mine be done."

My pain was an all over pain, so I didn't presume to know what I needed, I asked my God for what I needed for the whole.

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[SunnyGirl]

Sometimes, working through the pain is all we
have. It helps with both physical and emotional pain!
When a person isolates themselves they tend to lean
towards the "pity party" and give up. I too have pain,
but when I find busy work to take my mind off of it
it doesn't hurt nearly as much.... IMHO

Peace on the journey, SG

P.S. When the going gets tough, the tough get going!

[BW]

some of you have heard this before so feel free to nod off...just try not to snore while others read ;D

in my spiritual tool box is ...

1) the labor and delivery method of prayer

Pray
Until
Something
Happens

and 2)
For me prayer is forever and always a 3 step process

AKA: PTA

1...Pray
2...Trust
3....Accept

I accept graciously and gratefully whatever God's answer is

The other thing that is sometimes the hardest for me is to remember the qualifier

What is the qualifier you ask?
The last line of the Lord's prayer..."THY WILL BE DONE"

That was and sometimes remains the most painful and hardest for example when facing the loss of a loved one or dealing with any grief issue. I really struggle and often have to ask my prayer warriors for help

[majestyjo]

Thank you for sharing. Like them both.

They say pray without ceasing. Yet there is a part of me that thinks, "If you pray about the same thing over and over again, you are showing lack of faith. For example, I put my son in my God's Hands and try to leave him there. Don't always manage to do so, because I know when I don't, I go back to trying to be god of his life.

I learned a long time ago that I was not his Higher Power, and it didn't help that he doesn't believe in anything.