Thought for the Day

When I was first driven to al anon and started to think about step one, ‘we admitted we were powerless over alcohol – that our lives had become unmanageable”, I was shocked. I saw how I was trying to manage and control her drinking. Step 1 had just grown larger for my life. The amazing thing was I didn’t try to manage everyone’s drinking. Just people that I labeled as ‘mine’.  “My wife”, “my mom” etc. anyone with the word “my” in front of them. Upon further investigation, the problem was not as much the unmanageability as the possession of ‘them’.

When I turn my will and my life over to God, they are no longer mine and I am free.

Contemplation for the Day

Is the problem that it’s unmanageable or that I possess it as ‘mine?

Prayer for the Day

God, I offer myself to Thee – to build with me and to do with me as Thou wilt. Relieve me of the bondage of self, that I may better do Thy will. Take away my difficulties, that victory over them may bear witness to those I would help of Thy Power, Thy Love, and Thy Way of Life.