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Posted: July 16, 2014, 6:11 PM
If anyone having a trouble finding or believing in an HP maybe this might help.. -------------------- Thank God for what you have. Trust God for what you need | ||
Posted: July 17, 2014, 8:43 AM
I like it. I heard a speaker one time ask the question: What would God have to be in order for you to let Him love you?
Well. That put a new spin on things! -------------------- Faith is not belief without proof, but trust without reservation. | ||
Posted: July 17, 2014, 12:09 PM
Excellent, pirate .. Thank you !!
Bob -------------------- Serenity Prayer God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, The courage to change the things I can, And the wisdom to know the difference. Free copy of AA's Big Book on-line: http://www.aa.org/pages/en_US/alcoh...olics-anonymous Free copy of NA's Big Book on-line: Copy & Paste coastalcarolinaarea.org/literature/books/b_t.pdf AA's HOW IT WORKS: Copy & paste www.aa.org/assets/en_US/p-10_howitworks.pdf NA's HOW IT WORKS: http://www.na.org/admin/include/spa...0it%20Works.pdf ---------------------------------------------------------------- --- driven by a hundred forms of fear, self-delusion, self-seeking, and self-pity. ---there are those too who suffer from grave emotional and mental disorders but many of them do recover if they have the capacity to be honest. ... I need AA more than it needs me. --- I fight recovery tooth and nail.... I'm not used to being sane, it just doesn't seem natural. ...... According to the great spiritual teachers, ignorance does not result from what we don’t know; ignorance results from what we think we do know. ---Some think that 2+2=5 and believe it. Some know that 2+2=4 and can't stand it. --- I didn't have a very happy childhood but I sure am having a long one ! ---Dry since 1989 working daily on getting/staying SOBER. ---If you want to drink, that's your business ...If you want to quit, that's AA's business. ... Tell me, I'll forget; ... Show me, I'll remember; ... Engage me, I'll understand. ---Most problems are psychological. Most solutions are spiritual . "If we try to change our ego with the help of our ego, we only have a better-disguised ego." --Richard Rohr WWBWD (What Would Bill W. Do) | ||
Posted: July 19, 2014, 4:23 PM
I like this Pirate. I always 'believed' in God, even when I was drinking but I just didn't feel that he believed much in me. I felt that all the bad/sad stuff that happened to me was because something was wrong with me and that I didn't deserve much better. What would God have to be for me to let him love me skg? Forgiving, Loving, Understanding, Accepting - kind of like a parent who wants only the best for me. It's good that I don't have to let my old ideas of a judgemental, unforgiving, intolerant God who turns folk into pillars of salt when they cross him get in the way anymore. The God I was taught about is different to the God I re-discovered through the pain of alcoholism. God came though the wound and lucky for me he likes me just the way I am - warts and all.
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