Post by caressa on May 25, 2010 12:29:46 GMT -5
My friend and I were talking today. He shared something he had heard which gave us both pause for thought.
"I can do anything for myself that my God can do for me."
Both of us came to the conclusion that it was too "I" centered. We agreed that when we surrender, turn things over, our God gives us the ocurage, direction, strength, etc. we are empowered to do what we need to do for ourselves.
That surrender has to be there first. It can't be taken for granted. No thoughts of "Oh God will handle it!" But changing it to, "Oh I think I need God's help with this."
Without that surrender, I am back in the "I" and playing God of my life.
My friend and I agreed, we are both addicts. Our drug of choice is more and he was one of the biggest cons on two feet, self-admitted and proud of it! I never went as far as he did, but I certain ran a similiar race.
Surrender is one of the principles of Step One, but it is something that has to be practiced on a daily basis. When I come upon something that I don't know how to handle and don't know what to do, I need to surrender it to my Higher Power. It is that thought and that surrender which stands between me and picking up a drug which could be any substance. It all leads to the stinking thinking and the same soul sickness.
"I can do anything for myself that my God can do for me."
Both of us came to the conclusion that it was too "I" centered. We agreed that when we surrender, turn things over, our God gives us the ocurage, direction, strength, etc. we are empowered to do what we need to do for ourselves.
That surrender has to be there first. It can't be taken for granted. No thoughts of "Oh God will handle it!" But changing it to, "Oh I think I need God's help with this."
Without that surrender, I am back in the "I" and playing God of my life.
My friend and I agreed, we are both addicts. Our drug of choice is more and he was one of the biggest cons on two feet, self-admitted and proud of it! I never went as far as he did, but I certain ran a similiar race.
Surrender is one of the principles of Step One, but it is something that has to be practiced on a daily basis. When I come upon something that I don't know how to handle and don't know what to do, I need to surrender it to my Higher Power. It is that thought and that surrender which stands between me and picking up a drug which could be any substance. It all leads to the stinking thinking and the same soul sickness.
. I will be back looking for Lin and others.