The Power, which restores us to sanity, is not something remote and abstract, which we must search for by reading books and performing great feats. Our Higher Power is with us constantly and is involved in the minute details of every day. We do not have to wait and work to become acceptable to God. God accepts us now, just as we are.
What gets in the way of our awareness of God is self. If we are narrowly focused on the concerns of ego and self-will, we ignore the presence of a Higher Power. Then we become weak and confused in our aloneness.
To be aware of the presence of God in our lives every day, all we need is the willingness to be open. We find that God is indeed "closer than breathing and nearer than hands and feet. " What we may have spent years searching for or denying , turns out to be the ground of our existence and the Power that sustains us every minute.
Don't Give Up
Each day’s a brand new day. We’re different today than we were yesterday. And tomorrow, different again.
Don’t give up now. You’ve only just begun. You’re going to be fine, don’t worry. You can do it.
Just let go, and let the Spirit of God envelope you. Let the Holy One hold you in its arms, protecting you from any real harm.
Then just do your best, knowing you’re cared for and about, and let the rest go by.
Surrender your problems, but don’t give up...
Increase my awareness of You, I pray.
-- Edited by jeannie at 13:21, 2006-05-12
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