🍑 my belief, 🍋
Posted: Mon, Apr 23, 2018 07:29:51 AM
no matter what it may **look** like, keeps me clean.
over the weekend, i worked with one of the men who call me their sponsor, finishing up the seventh step with him. due to his current situation, he has limited access to regularly scheduled meetings and the fellowship in general.i asked him a question or two about the nature of his relationship with GOD, and he was uncomfortable when he replied that yes, he saw some of the “bad” things that happened in his life were the result of being punished for not being more GOD-centered. i suggested that maybe it was time to allow that relationship to change and left it at that. i relate that anecdote simply because it illustrative of my journey to find GOD, such as it i have and be comfortable in that relationship. before i deep dive into a theosophical treatise, i need to shout out to my sponse:
i have shared at length about the transformation in my life from a powered HIGHER POWER to one i cannot describe. while sitting with my sponsee the other day, i used the term GOD, quite liberally, as on that level the two of us, share a common understanding. the FREEDOM i have gotten as a result of moving beyond what i thought i knew or relying on the knowledge of others, in this respect, allows me the opportunity to share with the men i sponsor, even if their “vision” of GOD, does not jibe at all with mine. the work of all those years to find a POWER that i can be comfortable with and in which i can have the FAITH that i will get what i need to stay clean today, is paying off, as i can now sponsor men, who have a far more traditional Western spiritual path, and not be a judgement, a$$hole prick, at least in this respect. my path to finding a common ground went through surrendering to what i did not know and listening to what i was feeling. today i am sure that a POWER greater than mysel;f, provides for my needs and gives me what i need to stay cllean today. the rest is just gravy and i am grateful for that as well.
over the weekend, i worked with one of the men who call me their sponsor, finishing up the seventh step with him. due to his current situation, he has limited access to regularly scheduled meetings and the fellowship in general.i asked him a question or two about the nature of his relationship with GOD, and he was uncomfortable when he replied that yes, he saw some of the “bad” things that happened in his life were the result of being punished for not being more GOD-centered. i suggested that maybe it was time to allow that relationship to change and left it at that. i relate that anecdote simply because it illustrative of my journey to find GOD, such as it i have and be comfortable in that relationship. before i deep dive into a theosophical treatise, i need to shout out to my sponse:
Carlos G,
thirty-five (35) years of Just for Today.
Congratulations, my friend and mentor,
i am glad you are still sticking around!
i have shared at length about the transformation in my life from a powered HIGHER POWER to one i cannot describe. while sitting with my sponsee the other day, i used the term GOD, quite liberally, as on that level the two of us, share a common understanding. the FREEDOM i have gotten as a result of moving beyond what i thought i knew or relying on the knowledge of others, in this respect, allows me the opportunity to share with the men i sponsor, even if their “vision” of GOD, does not jibe at all with mine. the work of all those years to find a POWER that i can be comfortable with and in which i can have the FAITH that i will get what i need to stay clean today, is paying off, as i can now sponsor men, who have a far more traditional Western spiritual path, and not be a judgement, a$$hole prick, at least in this respect. my path to finding a common ground went through surrendering to what i did not know and listening to what i was feeling. today i am sure that a POWER greater than mysel;f, provides for my needs and gives me what i need to stay cllean today. the rest is just gravy and i am grateful for that as well.
∞ DT ∞