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Post by majestyjo on Apr 24, 2015 20:25:27 GMT -5
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Post by majestyjo on Apr 24, 2015 20:26:04 GMT -5
I had to get out of my own way and allow my God to work through me, instead of around me. I had to trust, without trust, there is nothing to build a relationship on.
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Post by majestyjo on Apr 24, 2015 20:28:00 GMT -5
Love the title of this post, Let God be God, and stop trying to play God with my life. Let go and let God. As long as I hang onto the past, I am limiting my growth and connection in today.  To hang onto my past is to live in fear instead of walking in faith today. |
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Post by majestyjo on Apr 24, 2015 20:31:07 GMT -5
"When we became alcoholics, crushed by a self-imposed crisis we could not postpone or evade, we had to fearlessly face the proposition that either God is everything or else He is nothing. God either is or He isn't."
Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, We Agnostics, pg. 53This reminds me of the phrase, "Are you an alcoholic?" "I think I might be just a little bit." The both statements are the same as saying I think I am a little bit pregnant. Either you are or you are not. I had to find my own truth, and although I was in denial, there was something within me that kept me coming to the rooms of recovery for two years until I had reach total acceptance, and I know it wasn't me. When I looked back over my life, some force was working in my life keeping me alive and to the doors of recovery, because I qualified twenty years before I got here. Some are sicker than others. When I took an honest look at my life I realized God didn't go away, I did! God works in my life today. He utilizes people, places and things to show me a better way of living and to help me on my journey.
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Post by majestyjo on Apr 24, 2015 20:33:14 GMT -5
 "He's Got The Whole World In His Hands" He's got the whole world in his hands he's got the whole wild world in his hands He's got the whole wild world in his hands he's got the whole world in his hands He's got the little bitty baby in his hands he's got the little bitty baby in his hands He's got the little bitty baby in his hands he's got the whole world in his hands He's got the whole world in his hands... He's got you and me brother in his hands he's got you and me sister in his hands He's got you and me brother in his hands he's got the whole world in his hands He's got the whole world in his hands... He's got everybody here in his hands he's got everybody here in his hands He's got everybody here in his hands he's got the whole world in his hands He's got the whole world in his hands... He's got you and me brother... He's got the whole world in his hands... Glen Campbell |
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Post by majestyjo on Apr 24, 2015 20:38:07 GMT -5
HOW DO WE GET SOMEONE TO BELIEVE IN A POWER GREATER THEN THEMSELVES? I MEAN A LOVING GOD AS HE MAY EXPRESS HIMSELF. I DON'T WISH TO SHOVE GOD DOWN ANYONE'S THROAT. I JUST WONDER, HOW DOES EVERYONE ELSE IN HERE TELL SOMEONE THAT, GOD HELPS THEM? Personally, I don't have the power. All I can share is my experience, strength and hope with others. They have to find the way. It is not my job to play God with someone else's life. I do not have the right to project my God on to others, but I can share how my God works in my life and pray that they will find their way. I read something the other day that said, "You don't have to believe in God to find the Spirit within." I thought this was very empowering. I thought I knew who God was, but as I worked this program i came to realize that God had been an old tape and I only knew God third hand. God was an old tape and I had to go on a spiritual journey to find out what God meant to me. For me, God is, as he reveals Himself to me. I keep telling people not to keep God in church. He is there for sure, but He is everywhere, and why should you limit God by your narrow vision and perception. I can't make people believe anything, yet hopefully, by living my own program, they can see God working in my life and catch a glimpse of Him through me. Reminds me of a long time joke about someone dying and his friends coming to say goodbye. The one fellow looks at his friend in the casket and starts to laugh. His buddy calls him his behaviour and says it was very appropriate for the occasion. He said, "I can't help it. Look at him lying there. He always claimed to be an atheist. There he is, all dressed up with no place to go." It is funny, yet it is sad. To think of having no hope or direction in your life makes life so much more difficult. We have been there, although I knew there was a God, I just didn't believe that He believed in me. God is as He reveals Himself to me in today.  |
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Post by majestyjo on Apr 7, 2020 13:49:58 GMT -5
It is not my job.
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. I will be back looking for Lin and others.