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> Date: January 4, 2011 11:29:56 AM EST
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> Subject: Fwd: Today, Tuesday, January 4, 2011
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> Subj: Today, Tuesday, January 4, 2011
>
> January 4:......Trusting that He will make all things right if I
> surrender to His Will; That I may be reasonably happy in this
> life.........(do you know where those words came from?) See below
>
> This is January, the 1st month of the year;
> • The 1st Tradition: Our common welfare should come first; p
> ersonal recovery depends upon A.A. unity.
> • The 1st Step: We admitted we were powerless over alcohol--
> that our lives had become unmanageable.
> • The 1st Promise: If we are painstaking about this phase [S
> teps 8 & 9] of our development, we will be amazed before we are half
> way through.
> __________________
>
> A.A. Thought for the Day
>
> In Alcoholics Anonymous there is no thought of individual profit. No
> greed or gain. No membership fees, no dues. Only voluntary
> contributions of our money and ourselves. All that we hope for is
> sobriety and regeneration, so that we can live normal, respectable
> lives and can be recognized by others as men and women willing to do
> unto others as we would be done by. These things we accomplish by
> the help of each other, by following the Twelve Steps, and by the
> grace of God. Am I willing to work for A.A. without material gain to
> myself?
>
> Meditation for the Day
>
> What is sometimes called a conversion by religion is often only the
> discovery of God as a friend in need, What is sometimes called
> religion is often only the experiencing of the help and strength of
> God's power in our lives. What is sometimes called holiness is often
> only the invitation of God to be our Friend. As God becomes your
> friend, you become a friend to others. We experience true human
> friendship and from this experience we can imagine what kind of a
> Great Friend God can be. We believe Him to be a tireless, selfless,
> all conquering, miracle-working Friend. We can reach out to the
> Great Friend and figuratively take His hand in ours.
>
> Prayer for the Day
>
> I pray that I may think of God as a Great Friend in need. I pray
> that I may go along with Him.
>
>
>
>
> 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.
> _________________
> The following is Excerpt No. 7 from As Bill Sees It : “The Realm of
> the Spirit”
>
>
> We have found that God does not make too hard terms with
> those who seek Him. To us, the realm of the spirit is broad, roomy,
> all-inclusive, never exclusive or forbidding to those who earnestly
> seek it. It is open, we believe, to all men.
>
> Alcoholics Anonymous p-46
>
> 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
>
> SERENITY PRAYER
> (long version)
>
> (also see:The Origin of our Serenity Prayer)
>
> God, grant me the Serenity
> to accept the things
> I cannot change Courage to change the
> things I can, and the
> Wisdom to know the difference.
> Living one day at a time;
> Enjoying one moment at a time;
> Accepting hardship as the
> pathway to peace.
> Taking, as He did, this
> sinful world as it is,
> not as I would have it.
> Trusting that He will make
> all things right if I
> surrender to His Will;
> That I may be reasonably happy
> in this life, and supremely
> happy with Him forever in
> the next.
> Amen
>
> Third Step Prayer
>
> God, I offer myself to Thee — to build with me and to do with me as
> Thou wilt. Relieve me of the bondage of self, that I may better do T
> hy will. Take away my difficulties, that victory over them may bear
> witness to those I would help of Thy Power, Thy Love, and Thy Way of
> life. May I do Thy will always!