December 26 in The Little Blue Book ONE DAY at a TIME in AL-ANON
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December 26 in The Little Blue Book ONE DAY at a TIME in AL-ANON
December 26 in The Little Blue Book ONE DAY at a TIME in AL-ANON:
The subject of the meeting was our Al-Anon slogan LET GO and LET GOD. Three minutes were allotted to each member for comment. Here’s what one member said, “I don’t want to shock anybody, but it seems to me some of us take this slogan far too literally. It doesn’t mean to just drop all our problems and let God take care of everything. It’s up to us to use the intelligence He gave us.
“An odd little thing happened this morning that illustrates the point. I was trying to thread a needle, one of those with a small round eye. I struggled with it, but the point of the thread always slipped by. Automatically I said to myself, ‘Relax – Let Go and Let God.’ But it still didn’t work. Suddenly I got the message. I wasn’t using the good sense He gave me. I took one of those long-eye embroidery needles from my pincushion, and quick as a wink, it was threaded. It was a silly little incident, but it can apply to bigger things, too.”
TODAY’S REMINDER
I won’t always look to God to help me when I’m too lazy to do my share of thinking.
“God helps those who help themselves.”
The subject of the meeting was our Al-Anon slogan LET GO and LET GOD. Three minutes were allotted to each member for comment. Here’s what one member said, “I don’t want to shock anybody, but it seems to me some of us take this slogan far too literally. It doesn’t mean to just drop all our problems and let God take care of everything. It’s up to us to use the intelligence He gave us.
“An odd little thing happened this morning that illustrates the point. I was trying to thread a needle, one of those with a small round eye. I struggled with it, but the point of the thread always slipped by. Automatically I said to myself, ‘Relax – Let Go and Let God.’ But it still didn’t work. Suddenly I got the message. I wasn’t using the good sense He gave me. I took one of those long-eye embroidery needles from my pincushion, and quick as a wink, it was threaded. It was a silly little incident, but it can apply to bigger things, too.”
TODAY’S REMINDER
I won’t always look to God to help me when I’m too lazy to do my share of thinking.
“God helps those who help themselves.”
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