Our humility demonstrates our respect, reverence and I believe healthy fear for the God we know.That awesome power
God commands keeps me knowing who I am in perspective and how far there is to go in simple life to be what I was made to be (whatever that may be).
It also helps me when I may be anxious about reaching out to someone in need. I know that as long as I go humbly without expectations and pray for the sense of God's presence in my life; my experience will be right as will that of the person I reach out to. This simple "pray before I go" makes all the difference for me. Without it I always wonder if the results are OK; with it I accept all results unconditionally and carry nothing from the experience into the future (no residual baggage).
So for me, prayer keeps my emotional condition at bay when I am doing the service I believe God has directed me to (in this case, reaching out to the hurting). Without prayer preparation, I take my baggage into the meeting/experience and with it, the bad vibes that make lies of any comforting words that may come from my mouth. Who I am at the moment of contact is of utmost importance to the recovery of the new fellow. His experience must be of a spiritual nature for the magic to begin. I must be well with my soul to make the maximum difference for this person and only God can give me that experience of wellness in this flawed
human condition.
Step 12 reminds me of the Spiritual nature that is now part of me and even so, to go not alone but as "we" STEP 12- Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to others and to practice these principles in all our affairs.
SCOTT@SharingTheBurden.ca
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