N.A. Just for Today 1/15

[janbear]

January 15
Fear
" We grow to feel comfortable with our Higher Power as a source of strength. As we learn to trust this Power, we begin to overcome our fear of life."

Basic Text, p. 24

Powerless as we are, living on self-will is a frightening, unmanageable experience. In recovery, we have turned our will and our lives safely over to the care of the God of our understanding. When we lapse in our program, when we lose conscious contact with our Higher Power, we begin to take control of our own lives again, refusing the care of the God of our understanding. If we do not make a daily decision to surrender our lives to the care of our Higher Power, we may become overwhelmed with our fear of life.

Through working the Twelve Steps, we've found that faith in a Power greater than ourselves helps relieve our fear. As we draw closer to a loving God, we become more conscious of our Higher Power. And the more conscious we are of God's care for us, the less our fears.

When we feel afraid, we ask ourselves, "Is this fear an indication of a lack of faith in my life? Have I taken control again, only to find my life still unmanageable?" If we answer yes to these questions, we can overcome our fear by turning our will and our lives back over to care of the God of our understanding.

Just for today: I will rely on the care of my Higher Power to relieve my fear of life.

pg. 15

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When we feel afraid, we ask ourselves, "Is this fear an indication of a lack of faith in my life? Have I taken control again, only to find my life still unmanageable?" If we answer yes to these questions, we can overcome our fear by turning our will and our lives back over to care of the God of our understanding.

Just for today: I will rely on the care of my Higher Power to relieve my fear of life.
hmmm very fitting reading for me, have had some fears of eld behaviours over the past couple of days, regarding being a rescuer and getting too involved in other's people's needs to do for themselves. and yes, I had taken control, control of self and attempts to control others....trying hard to get them to see what I could see when they don't really want to see it anyway!!!...ooooops flick, so yep I did find that my life is still unmanageble; "when I try and do things my way". For today; I let go of the need to control others, I let go of my fears of returning to my dysfunctional thought processes and behaviours attached to that need. I hand the problems I see over to Our Lord and ask that I leave them there where they belong, and that I take the next step forward doing His Will only and not my own. For today i am grateful for the programme of recovery, for having Jesus as a friend, and for another chance at living life as Our Lord intended for us all.

God Bless.