WILL POWER = Our WILL-ingness to use a Higher POWER. -- Anonymous
One of the greatest decisions any of us ever made concerned our Third Step. This decision seemed to go against everthing we wanted to do. We all know so well that every time we tried to manage our own lives, we produced misery and heartache. Human beings seem created to fight the decision to give up control. Yet this decision in Step Three, very hard for us to make, was one of the greatest decisions we ever made.
When we did our Third Step, we merely embraced the truth. When we decided to let God be God, we were able to participate in the plan. Whenever we let go and let God, we become a player on a team that will always win.
What I knew in the past was mostly failure, the decision to let God's will become mine continues to make sense.
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Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind. ~Dr. Seuss
wow, and the same general idea is here as is in the harmony thread: that to let God be God, and we participate in His plan, becoming a player on His team ( my friend uses an acronym - T.E.A.M. "together each achieves more" ).
I think God is trying to tell me something today. That this is a 'we' program and not a 'me' program.
thanks,
love in recovery,
amanda
-- Edited by amanda2u2 at 07:33, 2007-01-19
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do your best and God does the rest, a step at a time
