Just for Today
Saturday, Jan. 19, 2013
"Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings." - Step Seven
Just for today, Step Four requires a "searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves;" Step Five an admission to God, ourselves and another person the exact nature of our wrongs; and Step Six to be ready for God to remove our character defects. Step Seven is the culmination of the gut-wrenching and brutally honest product of the previous three Steps; in fact, some may be eager to ask our Higher Power to remove those defects. And in asking "humbly," we do so in absolute honesty, a commitment to purge those demonic defects and the strength and courage not to reclaim them. An unwritten footnote to this Step: we in recovery no longer possess the luxury to hold onto a defect we don't want or aren't ready to surrender. Today, I'm ready to ask my Higher Power to unburden me of the weight of the shortcomings of my own making. And our common journey continues. Just for today. - Chris M., 2013
Saturday, Jan. 19, 2013
"Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings." - Step Seven
Just for today, Step Four requires a "searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves;" Step Five an admission to God, ourselves and another person the exact nature of our wrongs; and Step Six to be ready for God to remove our character defects. Step Seven is the culmination of the gut-wrenching and brutally honest product of the previous three Steps; in fact, some may be eager to ask our Higher Power to remove those defects. And in asking "humbly," we do so in absolute honesty, a commitment to purge those demonic defects and the strength and courage not to reclaim them. An unwritten footnote to this Step: we in recovery no longer possess the luxury to hold onto a defect we don't want or aren't ready to surrender. Today, I'm ready to ask my Higher Power to unburden me of the weight of the shortcomings of my own making. And our common journey continues. Just for today. - Chris M., 2013
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