When I "pray without ceasing," I live a balanced, happy, contented life each new day.
In the 12-step process, I learned that I needed to trust God--to lean on and depend on Him for everything. There is nothing, absolutely nothing, that God cannot help me overcome, absolutely nothing!
Today, I talk to the Lord throughout my moment-to-moment walk through life. Whenever I get that questioning feeling of wanting to control somebody or something or wanting to react because of my fear of abandonment or rejection or my judgement and pride, I immediately ask God for help... He leads and directs me to do or say the next "right" thing.
It's the tenth step--continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong, promptly admitted it.
In long-term recovery, I am better at walking through the process BEFORE I have to apologize for reacting inappropriately. I thank God for that. I still fall into my old way of life from time-to-time, but I know that I can always say "sorry" and move forward, striving toward the goal of being all that God wants and expects me to be today. There is no perfect this side of Heaven!
Tomorrow, I'll talk about Step Eleven--Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscience contact with God...
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Hi Pam, I like this post today as I reacted to Cal on the phone last night out of fear, judgment, and pride. Even when he says things that, to me, indicate he is not "getting it"-I should immediately ask God to help me say or do the next right thing. Rather, than help the devil put more walls between us.
I do find a lot of deep gutted peace when I say "I trust you Lord". It has to be that simple for me. Even when the initial appreciation and excitement for a weighed food plan wears off, I have got to say "I trust you Lord" and live that out. God really wants me to practice kindness and Lord knows I'll need his help for that one :). I'm thankful for you and the ministry God had you start, Angie.
Thank you, Angie, we are in this boat together...
Love,
Pam<><
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