DAILY RECOVERY READINGS FOR MEN

[MajestyJo]

Friday, August 9, 2013

You are reading from the book Touchstones

We must embrace the absurd and go beyond everything we have ever known.
—Janie Gustafson

We have stepped beyond the limits of our former life and accepted the possibility of the unknown. Many of us have always tried to be rational, to trust only what we could understand or reason through. That attempt served the part of us that lusted for control and power, but it kept us from unknown possibilities and dreams.

When we decide to be less controlling, we begin to believe in possibilities we didn't allow before. That is how we let God influence our lives. Perhaps we don't see a reasonable way to a more satisfying job, but we can be open to surprising possibilities. We may see nothing we can do to overcome our compulsions, but we pray for God to remove our shortcomings in God's way, and already we have a new attitude.

God, give me the courage to step into the unknown, the absurd, and experience the awakening of my spirit.

Love this, I have found that a little bit of crazy is still okay, and much better than the insanity of when I was using. I try to put in a smile or a chuckle into the day, in my life and here on the site.