april 12
thought for the day this sober world is
a pleasant place for an alcoholic to
live in
once you've got out of your alcoholic
fog you find that the world looks good
you find real friends in a a you get a
job
you feel good in the morning you eat a
good breakfast and you do
a good day's work at home or outside and
your family loves you and welcomes you
because you're sober
am i convinced that this sober world is
a pleasant place for an alcoholic to
live in
meditation for the day our need is god's
opportunity
first we must recognize our need often
this means
helplessness before some weakness or
sickness and an admission of our need
for help
next comes faith in the power of god's
spirit available to us to meet that need
before any need can be met our faith
must find expression
that expression of faith is all god
needs to manifest his power in our lives
faith is the key that unlocks the
storehouse of god's resources
prayer for the day i pray that i may
first admit my needs
i pray that then i may have faith that
god will meet those needs
in the way which is best for me
april 12th golden opportunity i am your
guide
strength and help will come to you just
trust me holy
fear not i am ever more ready to hear
than you to ask
walk in my ways and know that help will
come
man's need is god's chance to help i
love to help and save
man's need is god's golden opportunity
for him of letting his faith find
expression
that expression of faith is all that god
needs to manifest his power
faith is the key that unlocks the
storehouse of god's resources
my faithful servants you long for
perfection
and see your bitter failures i see
faithfulness
and as a mother takes the soiled
imperfect work of her child and
invests it with perfection because of
the sweet love so i take your poor
faithfulness and crown it with
perfection
giving up insanity where alcohol has
been involved
we have been strangely insane
alcoholism required me to drink whether
i wanted to or not
insanity dominated my life and was the
essence of my disease
it robbed me of the freedom of choice
over drinking and
therefore robbed me of all other choices
when i drank i was unable to make
effective choices in any part of my life
and life became unmanageable
i ask god to help me understand and
accept the full meaning of the disease
of alcoholism
you