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Our Spiritual Awakening

Tuesday June 23, 2020

When we say in Step 12 that we have had a spiritual wakening, we are describing the impact we have experienced as we’ve completed the first eleven steps.  The person we are today is vastly different from the broken person with an unmanageable life who came into recovery.  We have discovered that there is more to life than we thought and we are excited that there is still more to learn.
The Lord’s teachings are perfect. They give strength to his people. The Lord’s rules can be trusted. They help even the foolish become wise. The Lord’s laws are right. They make people happy. The Lord’s commands are good. They show people the right way to live.  (Psalm 19:7-8 ERV)
We discovered that a Power greater than ourselves was alive within us and He helped us admit and repent of our past wrongdoing.  We could never have faced those things that were buried deep in our soul without knowing that our will and life was in the care of the God who had prepared a way for our forgiveness.  As we humbly asked God to remove all our shortcomings, we experienced peace in our mind and heart that went way beyond anything we expected or imagined. 

As far as the east is from the west, So far has He removed our transgressions from us. For to be carnally minded is death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. (Psalm 103:12; Romans 8:6 NJKV)

With our minds freed from the terror of our destructive past, we were able to look at our relationships and those we had harmed.  Our loving God strengthened us to have the desire to make amends to those we had harmed and to get them done. As we daily continue to take personal inventory and through prayer and meditation seek knowledge of His will for our lives and the power to carry it out, we experience God at work in us and through us.  Now as we stay close to God, He helps us tell others of the experience, strength and hope we have found in Him – the God who effects change in the lives of all who will call on His name.  With God, we truly have had a spiritual awakening.



Prayer: Heavenly Father, You will keep in perfect peace all who trust in you, all whose thoughts are fixed on you! (Isaiah 26:3) Amen

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