Friday, Nov. 22, 2013
Today's thought from Hazelden is:
How can I believe in God when just last week I got my tongue caught in the roller of an electric typewriter?
-- Woody Allen
If our introduction to religion and God was filled with threats of punishment and hell it would make perfect sense for us not to want to believe in something so scary. Even though we may have been taught that God is love, we may not have witnessed a lot of God's love in action.
All we are asked to do in recovery is to believe in a Higher Power. That could mean God, or it could simply mean the sober people who are helping us to recover. Our Higher Power is there, watching over us, ready to be seen in any way we are willing and able to see.
Today let me decide for me what kind of God I believe in.
How can I believe in God when just last week I got my tongue caught in the roller of an electric typewriter?
-- Woody Allen
If our introduction to religion and God was filled with threats of punishment and hell it would make perfect sense for us not to want to believe in something so scary. Even though we may have been taught that God is love, we may not have witnessed a lot of God's love in action.
All we are asked to do in recovery is to believe in a Higher Power. That could mean God, or it could simply mean the sober people who are helping us to recover. Our Higher Power is there, watching over us, ready to be seen in any way we are willing and able to see.
Today let me decide for me what kind of God I believe in.
From the book:
Our Best Days by Nancy Hull-Mast. © 1990 by Hazelden Foundation
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