TOPICS – 7 / 31 / 2025
1.A PRAYER FOR ALL SEASONS
God grant us the serenity to accept the things we cannot change, Courage to change the things we can, And wisdom to know the difference.
TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 125
The power of this prayer is overwhelming in that its simple beauty parallels the A.A. Fellowship. There are times when I get stuck while reciting it, but if I examine the section which is troubling me, I find the answer to my problem.
2.TEMPTATION
“What makes resisting temptation difficult for many people is that they don’t want to discourage it completely.”
Usually I am tempted because I want to be. I allow myself to get too close to the object of my desire or I invite the problem into my life knowing that I will not resist it. Then I use my “imperfection” as an excuse! In this way I manipulate my spiritual program and become dishonest.
Father Leos Daily Meditation
3.STEP THREE
“Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him.”
Knowledge and treatment of our physical and mental health are vitally important to alcoholics, but lasting, contented sobriety is maintained only by surrender of our lives and will to God.
Steps One and Two are the premise upon which we decide to surrender our alcoholic lives to God. Step Three calls for this decision. Honesty, faith, and prayer spark our success.
4.THE LITTLE THINGS
The little things that happen, the spoken word, the kind smile, the nod of encouragement – the fellowship that goes with the programme – these things I will never forget.
Daily Grapevine