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> Date: August 3, 2011 11:26:54 AM EDT
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> Subj: Today, Wednesday, August 3, 2011
> August 3: Every situation has two interpretations -- your own and God's. Try to handle each situation in the way you believe God would have it handled.
> This is August, the 8th month of the year;
> • The 8th Tradition: Alcoholics Anonymous should remain forever nonprofessional, but our service centers may employ special workers.
> • The 8th Step: Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all.
> • The 8th Promise: Self-seeking will slip away.
> __________________
> A.A. Thought for the Day
>
> We in A.A. must remember that we are offering something intangible. We are offering a psychological and spiritual program. We are not offering a medical program. If people need medical treatment, we call in a doctor. If they need a medical prescription, we let the doctor prescribe for them. if they need hospital treatment, we let the hospital take care of them. Our vital A.A. work begins when a person is physically able to receive it. Am I willing to leave medical care to the doctors?
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> Meditation for the Day
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> Each moment of your day which you devote to this new way of life is a gift to God. The gift of the moments. Even when your desire to serve God is sincere, it is not an my thing to give Him many of these moments: the daily things you had planned to do, given, up gladly so that you can perform a good service or say a kind word. If you can see God’s purpose in many situations, it will be easier to give Him many moments of your day. Every situation has two interpretations -- your own and God's. Try to handle each situation in the way you believe God would have it handled.
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> Prayer for the Day
>
> I pray that I may make my day count somewhat for God. I pray that I may not spend it all selfishly.
>
> Source: Twenty-Four Hours a Day, Richmond Walker, Copyright © 1975, Hazeldon Foundation, printed in the USA. Editor’s note: This book was compiled by Richmond Walker (1892–1965) of the Group at Daytona Beach, Florida.
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> ________________________________________________________________
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> The following is Excerpt No. 287 from As Bill Sees It : “Aspects of Spirituality”
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>
> Among A.A.s there is still a vast amount of mix up respecting what is material & what is spiritual. I prefer to believe that it is all a matter of motive. If we use our worldly possessions too selfishly, then we are materialists. But if we share these possessions in helpfulness to others, the material aids the spiritual.
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> Letter 1958
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> The idea keeps persisting that the instincts are primarily bad & are the road blocks before which all spirituality falters. I believe that the difference between good & evil is not the difference between spiritual & instinctual man; it is the difference between proper & improper use of the instinctual. Recognition & right channeling of the instinctual are the essence of achieving wholeness.
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> Letter 1954
>
> As Bill Sees It (formerly The A.A. Way of Life); copyright © 1967 by Alcoholics Anonymous ®
> World Services, Inc., 475 Riverside Drive, New York, NY 10115
> _____________________________
> As Stan B. would often quote:
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> “In all circumstances give thanks, for this is the will of God for you in Jesus Christ.”
> 1 Thes 5:18
> God has no religion -Mohandas K. Gandhi (1869-1948)
> __________________________
> Prayer of St. Francis
>
> Lord, make me an instrument of Your
> peace.
> Where there is hatred, let me sow love.
> Where there is injury, pardon;
> Where there is doubt, faith;
> Where there is despair, hope;
> Where there is darkness, light;
> and where there is sadness, joy.
> O Divine Master, grant that I may not so
> much seek to be consoled as to console;
> To be understood, as to understand;
> To be loved, as to love;
> For it is in giving that we receive;
> It is in pardoning that we are pardoned;
> And it is in dying that we are born to
> eternal life.
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