JFT October 2 - Keeping Faith

[margo]

"We grasp the limitless strength provided for us through our daily prayer and surrender as long as we keep faith and renew it."
Basic Text p.44

There are two parts to recovery: getting clean, and staying clean. Getting clean is comparatively easy because we only have to do it once. Staying clean is more difficult, requiring attention every day of our lives. Yet both draw their power from faith.

We got clean on faith. We admitted that addiction was more powerful than we were, and we stopped trying to fight it on our own. We turned the battle over to a Power greater than ourselves, and that Higher Power got us clean. We stay clean each day the same way: on faith. Just for today, we surrender. Life may be too big for us to tackle on our own power. When it is, we seek a Power greater than ourselves. We pray, asking our Higher Power for direction and the strength to follow it. By exercising and renewing our faith on a daily basis, we tap the resources we need to live clean, full lives.
There is limitless strength available to us whenever we need it. To grasp it, all we need to do is keep faith in the Higher Power that got us clean and keeps us clean.

Just for today: Faith got me clean, and faith will keep me clean. Today, I will keep faith with my Higher Power. I will renew my surrender and pray for knowledge and strength.
pg. 288

Just For Today Daily Meditation is the property of Narcotics Anonymous©

[Shakur T.]

Peace,
When I first got clean, I put my faith in the people in the rooms (sponsor, home group members, etc.). They were a living example of a power greater than myself because I knew the power of 'strength in numbers' from my time on the street (don't ask!), and I felt the love and concern of those who had been where I was...The group made me feel welcome and a part of something. I had to learn to believe in the seen before I could believe in the unseen...The longer I stayed clean the more my faith grew. I knew that I was going to be alright as long as I stayed on the path. I saw my life changing and began to trust in the process. that trust turned into faith....