TOPIC: Is There Something You'd Like To Ask Your HP Today?

[aasharon90]

Hi Im Sharon and Im an Alcoholic.

By the Grace of my HP and people
like you here in SR I havent found
it necessary to take a drink of
alcohol today.

For that and you I am truely grateful.

Topic: Is there something you'd
like to ask your HP today?

Maybe a special request.

Maybe guidance. Serenity, peace,
hope, love, understanding, direction
in ur life.

For me Id like to ask my HP to
guide me in my life to do His Will
today and not mine.

Admitting Im POWERLESS over
alcohol and people, places and things
in my life.

Turning my will and life over to Him
so i can be of best service to Him.

Im still having difficulty at my new job
with co-workers and Ive already voiced
my concern several times....to only have
the one thats trying to train me belittle
me....

Im older than she is, but i dont have the
banking knowlegde as she....I deserve the
same respect as she and others there....
and Im not getting it from her....

Its a shame to have to go to any lengths
to solve this meanial problem....

The head teller was named "STELLER TELLER"
yesterday out of the Baton Rouge area....
which is great for her....but her attitude
towarDs me doent make her all that "STELLER".

My HP doeSnt like ugliness....and it hurts
me more to have to fight fire with fire with
this person....

Kindness doesnt seem to cut it in this "cut-throat"
world we live in.

Anyway....

What is it that ud like ur HP to help u
with today?

Thanks for letting me share.

[Grasshopper]

I ask God,every morning,,how may i serve Thee,and to please give me the strenght and courage to do His Will.And i say thanks at night.
Never lose who you are,no matter what.Be kind,for thats you.And it will eventually rub off on others.Some it wont of course,pray for them,its healing.

[cmc]

Well.... today while I was out working in my garden I was listening to Christian radio and the speaker was talking about forgiveness...ouch. I've heard this 3 times in 2 days and figured it was 'for me' to pay attention.

I have asked God to help me not hold resentments but sometimes 'it' creeps back in my mind and heart. I guess for some things and some situations it is easier to forgive and let go. This speaker talked about holding out your hand and visualize the offense in it and then open the hand....releasing that person as well as what they did.

It helped me also when I heard yesterday that we should remember the innocence of one who offends... they are usually not aware of how they affect others. Just like Jesus' words "Father forgive them for they know not what they do." In other words... consider the source and feel pity for them that they are in such a state.

[gettingbetter]

All of your words of praise and devotion inspire me. I attended Bible study last night and we spent the whole evening dissecting the Lords Prayer. Forgive us our trepasses as we forgive those who have trespassed agains't us. When we don't, we poison ourselves and make it harder to walk in the Lords path. All things that can lead us down the path that lead us here to SR. I am checking out a place to live tonite before my NA meeting. Never had a roommate, less a perfect stranger. It's a perfect location, church, work, NA meeting all accessable, inexpensive, nice safe location, The man sounded nice, roughly same age, race, and gender. Please pray that it is where God wants me to be. Since turning my life over to Him, I shouldn't even have any doubt.

[pixiedust]

I would like to let God know how grateful I am that my xabf is sober today. I would also like to ask Him to please bless xabf, and keep him safe. And I'd like to ask Him to please bless xabf's friends, every single one of them (including the ones I'm trying really hard not to have resentments against) because they all deserve to be happy and have great lives. And I am so very grateful for all of the blessings in my life.

tonya

[PurpleReign]

Originally Posted by gettingbetter

All of your words of praise and devotion inspire me. I attended Bible study last night and we spent the whole evening dissecting the Lords Prayer. Forgive us our trepasses as we forgive those who have trespassed agains't us. When we don't, we poison ourselves and make it harder to walk in the Lords path. All things that can lead us down the path that lead us here to SR. I am checking out a place to live tonite before my NA meeting. Never had a roommate, less a perfect stranger. It's a perfect location, church, work, NA meeting all accessable, inexpensive, nice safe location, The man sounded nice, roughly same age, race, and gender. Please pray that it is where God wants me to be. Since turning my life over to Him, I shouldn't even have any doubt.

Great insight and conviction!!!

You know I heard this and it never left me, "You love God as much as you love the person you like the least." Wow...deep, huh?

PR

[aasharon90]

I asked my HP last night and this morning to guide me
in the right decision today and it worked....I was
plotting and planning yesterday to face this person
at work today...either face to face or thru an email.

I could have let this obsession to get even today
get the best of me but when i prayed about it and
talked about it here....everything worked out the
way it was suppose to at work today....

The entire day I did my job as a teller working
in the lobby...greeting customers and taking care
of their banking needs...i was cordial still with
everyone even when the head teller was obnoxiously
nice....i dont even think thats really the right word
to discribe her....anyway....

I balanced and got off work stress free today....

Then i stopped at the Rehab Center/ hospital to
talk to the staff coordinator there about a position
Im interested in with working with patiants in rehab...

I followed his suggestions and now it all in my HP's
hands....

Where ever or whatever i am suppose to be or doing is
not my discision....Ultimately it is His.....


I asked in prayer and I recieved the right guidance
and direction in my life today.

[lostmdboy]

HELP!! lol Everyday I pray that his will be done. I lost my job along with 53 other peeps, and I truely believe there are better things coming for me and my famally. I just thank God every moment that I am sober, and healthy. I always need to be reminded though that it his will, and not mine. together I have faith we wil be ok.

[aasharon90]

Im sorry to hear of ur lost....

For me when looking for a job,
I did the footwork...applying online,
talking with people you know, going
to meetings and sharing here....letting
people know the situation u r in can
allow someone u least expect it to
pop in and give u advice of where to
go or look for another job....they will
share their own ESH with u and from
there it will guide u in ur own search...

Always asking God or ur HP to guide you,
to keep u and ur family safe, protect them
as u follow in His footsteps....

I sometimes think about ALL the birds out
there flying around....they reap nor toil....
(did I say that right?) and they r taken
care of....they find food and shelter for
themselves and their families.....

We never see dead birds lined up along
road, right? : )

All that happens to u is part of the molding
process of us for a much bigger picture.

I may not get what I want necessarily,
but it will be what i need.....to grow and
blossem into the person whom my HP
wants me to be....

Some lessons are harder to learn but I
remain teachable and openminded.

Good luck with ur job search....

God Bless u and ur family. : )

[gettingbetter]

My prayers were answered, nice house, decent roommate,beautiful view of the city from his porch and my bedroom window. He's recovering from major back problems and may need some help with pain/addiction issues. no cable in the house,but will split it with me, has a DSL hookup, so I'm able to continue posting here. gradual move-in over the next 3 weeks. I want to offer prayer of praise this morning to Him for looking out for me. As I walk in his steps, I only grow closer to his power and love. In five months I have become clean from drugs,got a job, and now a place to live without anybodys help. THank God and all my family at NA and SR.

[aasharon90]

My HP works His Will into my life....even when i
least expect it to....

At my job, I was scheduled to finish up my training
to get certified as a teller Mar. 12 thru the 14th....

Well since im not quite ready to be left alone...and still
needing help....today i was told i wasnt gonna finish
up on those days but intead they want to give me more
time to train at the branches....

For me things happen for a reason...and this happened
for a reason....why, im not quite sure...

I really want to leave the bank and work with others
in rehab.....Because this is a new job for me in the
bank....and was a miracle that occured to help me
relocate back home to Baton Rouge....It wouldnt
be exactly right to just up and leave if i do get this
other job.....so maybe them postphoning my certification
for awhile may give me a little more time to hopefully get
into the other job i so want to do....

All in God's Hands tho....His Will Always....

[best]

I would ask the same thing I ask most all the time....Why?

Why Lord do You continue to bless my life so much when I am not worth a single blessing?
Perfect love is the answer.
So my question becomes... Lord help me to better know that same love so that I may show it to others.

[lilac]

I am very blessed, and I know this.

I would like to ask my HP, whom I choose to call God, to continue guiding me into my recovery.

He has brought me this far, and I know He will not fail me.

[180]

I ask God to forgive my years of sins and to allow me to be stronger, to see the way of the future with him. I have gone to church every sat/sun since chosing sobriety and it helps a great deal. I'm sure the Church likes it as well, since I give them my "drinking" money!

[aasharon90]

Dear Lord, Please help me stay sober today.

Please allow me to remain open-minded to
whatever it is you would want me to do
in my life.

If given the opportunity to help others in
recovery, I will gladly share my own ESH
with them. Oh, I already am..!

Since im struggling with remembering
what it is I need to know at my present
job....if given the opportunity to work
another I have in mind job, I will physically
work hard for You.

Of course it has to be Your Will and not
mine as always.

Thank you Dear Lord.

[aasharon90]

Why are people mean and cruel? Esp. when some
many of us show compassion and kindness, then
there r some just really know how to stab us in
the back.

It makes us look small....

Im trying to let go of the little things at my new job
that is pissing me off....but like they say in recovery...
it's not the big things u have to worry about but
rather the small things.....

For example....At work, i always look my best, dress
nice, wear my accessories, make-up and purfume....
oh and a smile

One day I was standing in the drive thru with 2 other
tellers when one got up from her chair and made a
comment that is still bothering me....

She said, "it smells like bug spray in here, let me
outta here," and she passed me and walked out....

Of course for me i wanted to take it personally ...
and i did...of course i didnt let on that i felt that way...

So here it days later and this has cropped up in my
mind on how much this hurts.

I know that the frangrances that i wear dont smell
like bug spray....It's all good stuff....as ive gotten
compliments from others.

Anyway.....Here i try to compliment them all on how
they look and try to be kind to them and yet....they
are "SNOOTY".

It just really pisses me off that i still struggle with this
even today from people....I mean i had enough of that
when i was younger and in school.

I suppose people places and things never change,
Right?