Living in Sobriety - Part 19
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It's late but I wanted to write something that struck me today. Have any of you heard of Anne Lamott? I picked up a couple of her books and just started "Grace (Eventually)". BTW, she is a recovering addict/alcoholic.
One of her essays, "The muddling Glory of God", was particularly poignant. She talks about wanting Grace to come with bells and whistles, announcing it's arrival so she knows to pay attention. Instead, she concedes that Grace, for her, comes in "scooch, scooch, bog, backtrack, scooch". This inching forward and sometimes backwards is the lesson, not the final grace. But it makes the final grace that much more valued because of the process she has had to go through and sometimes endured. I wrote here, not long ago, about how I feel God gives me challenges, then a rest, then Grace, then a challenge, and not always in that order. It's never a straight line and never in my time frame, but in hindsight, always more valuable because the road has been so winding.
I thought of me and I thought of you, Bee, Ro and Marlee, in particular, when I read this, because, whether we like it or not, this is what life, and certainly recovery, is all about: scooch, scooch, bog, backtrack, scooch....
One of her essays, "The muddling Glory of God", was particularly poignant. She talks about wanting Grace to come with bells and whistles, announcing it's arrival so she knows to pay attention. Instead, she concedes that Grace, for her, comes in "scooch, scooch, bog, backtrack, scooch". This inching forward and sometimes backwards is the lesson, not the final grace. But it makes the final grace that much more valued because of the process she has had to go through and sometimes endured. I wrote here, not long ago, about how I feel God gives me challenges, then a rest, then Grace, then a challenge, and not always in that order. It's never a straight line and never in my time frame, but in hindsight, always more valuable because the road has been so winding.
I thought of me and I thought of you, Bee, Ro and Marlee, in particular, when I read this, because, whether we like it or not, this is what life, and certainly recovery, is all about: scooch, scooch, bog, backtrack, scooch....
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Want to say "hello" before everybody leaves...
Looks like I have quite a bit of reading to do! Heavy duty catching up might need to wait 'til tomorrow as I'm feeling ready for bed myself. Off to read a bit of the thread for a few minutes beforehand, though, since it seems a lot's been going on in LIS.
Looks like I have quite a bit of reading to do! Heavy duty catching up might need to wait 'til tomorrow as I'm feeling ready for bed myself. Off to read a bit of the thread for a few minutes beforehand, though, since it seems a lot's been going on in LIS.
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Wow. That is a good share, Liz. I even love the title.... kind of says it all.
Oh RO... I hope the next few days bring you more scooch than bog or backtrack. You've had a rough haul lately, and I'm guessing all that Grace can't be far behind.
Oh RO... I hope the next few days bring you more scooch than bog or backtrack. You've had a rough haul lately, and I'm guessing all that Grace can't be far behind.
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Hi louis
Hey all I'm all caught up! Sitting waiting for my daughter reading posts on my phone... I'm so techno savvy. Not! Hard to type on this thing so I'll keep reading and log on when I get home. Not having great time here , what's going on! I've been battling cravings big time on top of everything else
Hey all I'm all caught up! Sitting waiting for my daughter reading posts on my phone... I'm so techno savvy. Not! Hard to type on this thing so I'll keep reading and log on when I get home. Not having great time here , what's going on! I've been battling cravings big time on top of everything else
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