Quote:
Originally Posted by The_Hammer  It is incredible; the way I can take advantage of a direct blessing from God. Hindsight is always 20/20. God is good. |
Jimmy: We are birds of a feather, my Brother. Most of my direct blessings from God have come in the form of a hammer, a two by four, or some other form of heavy blunt instrument, just to get my attention. Only then, am I able, through His Grace, to look back and learn the lesson that He wanted me to learn, from the perfect vision of hindsight. If I ignore this direct blessing from God and refuse to learn the lesson, He will wait a bit, then hit me even harder with it the next time. I don't seem to learn any lessons in recovery any other way. The good news is, that I've learned through pain and discomfort (crossing the God line, or ignoring it), to stop, look back and learn the lesson on the first whack (most times). I only learned this, by having to experience the second and sometimes third whacks before surrendering. The more I surrender to God's will in all areas of my life, the more serene and comfortable in my own skin, I get. I am so very gratefull that God loves all of us so much, that He is Patient to infinity. I believe God knew He had to create a universal portal, with no restrictions of breadth or height, for hard-headed, stubborn, egomaniacal alchoholics, suffering from inferiority complexes (like me), to be able to be led through, back to Him. I believe, to the core of my being, that God paid Bill Wilson a visit in Towne's Hospital in New York, in the spring of 1935 and infused Bill with a vision on how to create a universally accepted, non-sectarian, non-discriminatory method of guiding any alchoholic who wanted to recover, through this portal and back to Him. Then Bill, on June 10, 1935 was able to convey this vision to Dr. Bob Smith, in Akron Ohio and thus A.A. was born. I thank God for A.A.....
