The authors of "Serenity-A Companion For Twelve Step Recovery" site Proverbs 31:26-31http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Proverbs+31%3A26-31&version=NIV
in the last meditation of the program. This talks of the perfect woman/wife/mother who with a healthy fear of the Lord is able to demonstrate such a noble character of balance and inner beauty to those around her, that being herself is the perfect witness to Spirituality. Being who she really is the attraction and her Program for life speaks for itself.
Having spent her life following her God, she simply is what spreading the word is all about. I marvel at the seeming simplicity and effortless nature of love. Words fail me here!
I quote two paragraphs from AA's big book referred to in the Back To Basics program www.aabacktobasics.com :
1-P 102 "Your job now is to be at the place where you may be of maximum helpfulness to others, so never hesitate to go anywhere if you can be helpful. You should not hesitate to visit the most sordid spot on earth on such an errand. Keep on the firing line of life with these motives and God will keep you unharmed"
2-P 164 "Abandon yourself to God as you understand God. Admit your faults to Him and to your fellows. Clear away the wreckage of your past. Give freely of what you find and join us. We shall be with you in the Fellowship of the Spirit, and you will surely meet some of us as you trudge the road of Happy Destiny"
So we do not do it alone and in prayer with God and our fellow 12 steppers we seek out those with similar situations (whatever our particular problem that we may have in common) and we demonstrate a willingness to be what is required to lead them into their own Spiritual path of recovery. "Lord show us who You have decided should be influenced by our presence and guide us to those damaged souls with Your strength and direction-Amen"
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