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The C2C reading for February 4 speaks about how we sometimes tend to feel as if we e are being punished by God, when we are undergoing a difficult challenge . When this happens it indicates that we may have lost the image of a loving Higher Power. We need to maintain this image , if we are to recover. When we are struggling with lack of faith we can and should call our sponsors, who will remind us that God is not a terrorist.
If I read Al-Anon literature, attend extra meetings and talk to God about how afraid I have become I can then be grateful for the good things in my life. I can certainly do this and will soon be feeling God's healing touch reassuring me and drying my tears.
It's interesting that after these hard times. I never really remember the pain, I remember the sunshine of the moment that my Higher Power lifted my cares . The pain is gone, but the increased trust in my HP remains. I must continue to remember the help I received so that when faced with difficult or painful situations. I can remember that a loving God is always here for me. Always available as a source of comfort guidance and peace.
The quote is from sponsorship what's it all about. "No one is alone if they come to believe a power greater than themselves;"
I can remember being in extraordinary pain in the early days of program and reaching out to a Power, I did not understand and stating:" If you exist help me-- free me from this pain" The next mooring I woke up' pain free"-- no matter how hard attempted to bring back the pain it was gone. Thank you HP this was my first spiritual experience but not my last.
Good Morning Betty and here you are again just when I couldn't sleep any longer and needed the right support to help me realign so that I can go back to bed relaxed and sleep a few hours more. God...Higher Power and not taking it for granted and connecting with faith and assurance. That calms not only my spirit and also my entire being. I have had the same experiences you have where I asked and received no matter the mental and emotional condition I was in. I was always assured that "God is" as there was too much proof of faith and behavior for me to doubt. Sooooo many others who were acting as if and then I get into Al-Anon and around the true experiences that resulted in miracles. HP is real for me without a doubt. Mahalo for the share. (((hugs)))
Good morning family - thank you Betty for the daily and also for your ESH. I can say this week has been a test of faith for me. I am struggling with 2 losses in a short period of time, and while one appears to follow the natural course of our life on Earth, the second was so young, so random and so unexpected.
It has been a difficult time, yet for me, I am not angry with God (growth....as I have been in the past when good people die too young), just shaken up a bit. I do trust and believe he has a master plan and have been trying to stay focused on that.
I can say that I am grateful for my belief. It's been so so sad to watch others around me that are less certain of a higher power. My cousin said she just doesn't know what to feel, think or believe, but wants to be open to believing her son is still here in some fashion/form. She asked me yesterday point blank with tears streaming if I thought he was able to look down upon us. I was able to share what I believe and told her she didn't need to think or believe as I do, but to just keep an open mind and an open heart.
I am 100% sad, which is a move beyond shock. I have in the past felt as if I deserved to be punished, therefore what was happening was just that. I no longer feel that way most of the time. For me, holding onto my faith in difficult times has kept me from drifting off the edge...
Make it a great day all!
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Practice the PAUSE...Pause before judging. Pause before assuming. Pause before accusing. Pause whenever you are about to react harshly and you will avoid doing and saying things you will later regret. ~~~~ Lori Deschene
