Wednesday April 8th daily reflection

Today the writer discusses recovering faith, the place for surrender, and placing the drinking problem in god's hands. Question: Have I recovered my faith? I don't know. it's impossible for me to articulate where i am with that regard. Do i believe more than i used to? Yes. Do I believe as much as i used to? No. I think it's a good rhetorical question. I don't know how much utility there is in having an answer. Surely my brain is better used quantifying something else.  The Meditation tasks me with taking a stand for god. Being willing to be a fool for faith, forgoing custom and fashion.  I find this to be a very middle class meditation.  If one has the luxury of not caring what people think. They have a luxurious life. 

APRIL 8—AA Thought for the Day Second, alcoholics recover their faith in a Power greater than themselves. They admit that they’re helpless by themselves and they call on their Higher Power for help. They surrender their lives to God, as they understand Him. They put their drinking problem in God’s hands and leave it there. They recover their faith in a Higher Power that can help them. Have I recovered my faith? 

Meditation for the Day You must make a stand for God. Believers in God are considered by some as peculiar people. You must even be willing to be deemed a fool for the sake of your faith. You must be ready to stand aside and let the fashions and customs of the world go by if it means that God’s plans are thereby forwarded. Be known by the marks that distinguish a believer in God. These are honesty, purity, unselfishness, love, gratitude, and humility. 

 Prayer for the Day I pray that I may be ready to profess my belief in God before others. I pray that I may not be turned aside by the skepticism and cynicism of unbelievers.