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Satori


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Just received this in an email from another friend in recovery...you may enjoy it too.


 


I asked God to take away my habit.
God said, No.
It is not for me to take away, but for you to give it up.

I asked God to make my handicapped child whole.
God said, No.
His Spirit is whole, his body is only temporary.

I asked God to grant me patience.
God said, No. Patience is a byproduct of tribulations;
it isn't granted, it is learned.

I asked God to give me happiness.
God said, No. I give you blessings; Happiness is up to you.


I asked God to spare me pain.
God said, No. Suffering draws you apart from worldly cares
and brings you closer to me.

I asked God to make my Spirit grow.
God said, No. You must grow on your own!  
But I will prune you to make you fruitful.

I asked God for all things that I might enjoy life.
God said, No.
I will give you life, so that you may enjoy all things.

I asked God to help me LOVE others, as much as He loves me.
God said...Ahhhh, finally you have the idea.

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browneyes


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SAtori


Wonderful reminder, thank you.


Julie



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kitty


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  TFS this is Awesome


In speaking of my spiritual ESH - what I learned as a teenager, is that when I sat there & asked, begged, pleaded God to take anything from me...   nothing ever happened.


When it occurred to me to sa/pray, "God I give you this freely & wholly" even if or when I demand God to receive it from me as given immediately -- IT WORKS! IT WORKS EVERY SINGLE TIME!


To me that poem is the epitome of of what God wants from us & the meaning of what we are as "made in his/hers/it's Image"  -- We Have Creative Choice, each & every new moment.


God wants us to choose to Surrender unto Him/Her/It.


Bless u for posting this, it made me cry...  Truth is truth!


 



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Dolphin123


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Satori,


Thanks for the share.


Much Love,



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Lauren ashley


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ty satori....


I loved that...It is soo true god gives us all the tools needed for everything,it is just a matter of us putting them to work...


God loves us for who we are,and not what we are not or wish to be


God' s love is unconditional..he will love us no matter what we did or didn't do


Lauren~



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