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Hey out there, Are you selling yourself short? Are you living in such a way that you are not receiving all the blessings God has to offer? I'm not talking about money, Egads. Don't even go there! I am talking about Pure Joy and Serenity. The kind that only comes from God and nowhere else. We can all cash in on those blessings if we will just follow some simple instructions. Here they are...
1. Love the Lord your God with all your heart, strength and might. 2. Love your neighbor as yourself.
Sound too simple? Well of course it does, because we like to complicate everything God asks us to do. Come on folks. Any one can make a religion but did you know that Jesus was the only Spiritual leader that rose from the dead. No one else did. So why would we want to follow anyone else.
The fact is Jesus resurrected you and I from the dead too. We were full of ourselves in our addiction; we were dying inside and out. We had to die to ourselves in order to rise again. Once we turned our will and our lives over to God He was able to resurrect us.
Now why in the world after being raised from the dead would any of us want to sell ourselves short and not cash in on everything God has for us through His Son Jesus.
OK, so there are many other spiritual beliefs in the world today. Have you really studied them? I mean really searched them out for the bottom line. None of them come even close to what Jesus has to offer for free. It's kind of like shopping for some produce at the store. Over there is a bunch of grapes, the look pretty good, and next to them is a case of peaches, they look nice too, and oh there are the tomatoes, how red they look. But when you look closer they aren't all they are cracked up to be. They have been sitting around just a little to long and promise a good look but as far as nourishment goes, they lost that a long time ago. But what is this over here? Ah, a bunch of fresh produce that just came in. Which produce should I purchase? What a silly question isn't it? In fact you would never even ask yourself that question, instead you would buy the fresh goods.
So why would we want to turn our lives over to a prophet, teacher, or a spiritual leader that has died and been lying in a grave for thousands of years. Why would we want to sell ourselves short?
I say, CASH IN; grab on to God, the living God. Settle for nothing less. As addicts we often think that more is better, why then would we settle for less in a Higher Power.
So Love God with all your might, and He will give you the ability to love everyone else as God has loved you. Then and only then will you really cash in.
Monty "man"
Meditorial
Today I will seek out the truth about my old way of thinking. If I am honest, open-minded and willing I will find that I may have been wrong in some vital areas concerning my Higher Power. I will ask Him to open my eyes and heart to the truth of who He is and His great love that comes with no conditions except to simply say yes to Him. © Recovery Times. All rights reserved. Recovery Times has but one purpose and goal, and that is to carry the message of 12-Step Recovery -- as written and practiced in its founding organization's (AA's) unaltered 12 Steps, 12 Traditions,
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