Step Twelve Our Spiritual Awakening
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.
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.
With our minds freed from the terror of our destructive past, we can look at our relationships and determine those we have harmed. Where we have caused harm, our loving God will strengthen us to have the desire to make amends and help us prepare to get it done. As we daily take personal inventory, and through prayer and meditation seek the knowledge of God’s will for our lives, we will experience God at work in us and through us. As we stay close to God, He will help 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 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 NLT) Amen
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