Greatness after all, in spite of its name, appears to be not so much a certain size as a certain quality I human lives. It may be present in lives whose range is very small. Phillips Brooks
Gratitude keeps me clean and sober. It was some time before I came to realize the importance of gratitude in my staying clean and sober. Of course my gratitude first is aimed at God and the finished work of the Cross. Second my gratitude is directed toward those who have supported me in my choice of abstaining from all mind and mood altering substances. This group is made up of my family, sponsor, friends, counselors, pastors, and everyday people who have accepted me back into society. In my first couple of years of sobriety I kind of just held on by myself. I knew that God had worked a miracle in my life, but the way I looked at it, I alone was doing all the hard work. As I experienced more sobriety I began to see how those that supported me by encouragement and love were really the wind beneath my wings. At some point I came to realize that if I was to continue to fly the direction I was headed I needed to have a humble attitude of gratitude to those who were traveling with me. Today in my daily reading I came across a study in gratitude, share this with me:
While He was on the way to Jerusalem, He was passing between Samaria and Galilee. As He entered a village, ten leprous men who stood at a distance met Him; and they raised their voices saying, Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!
When He saw them, He said to them, ago and show yourselves to the priest. And as they were going, they were cleansed.
Now one of them, when he saw that he had been healed, turned back, glorifying God with a loud voice, and he fell on his face at His feet, giving thanks to Him. And he was a Samaritan.
Jesus answered and said, Were there not ten cleansed? But the nine, where are they?
Luke 17:11-17 NASB
I can not afford to be one of the nine and not give thanks, I dont want to go back to my old life. God is doing for me what I could not do for myself ..JRE
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In Thy presence if fullness of joy. At Thy right had are pleasures forever. We cannot find true happiness by looking for it. Seeking pleasure does not bring happiness in the long run, only disillusionment. Do not seek to have this fullness of joy by seeking pleasure. It cannot be done that way. Happiness is a by-product of living the right kind of life. True happiness comes as a result of living in all respects the way you believe God wants you to live, with regard to yourself and to other people.
HAZELDEN Twenty-Four Hours A Day
Gratitude keeps me clean and sober. It was some time before I came to realize the importance of gratitude in my staying clean and sober. Of course my gratitude first is aimed at God and the finished work of the Cross. Second my gratitude is directed toward those who have supported me in my choice of abstaining from all mind and mood altering substances. This group is made up of my family, sponsor, friends, counselors, pastors, and everyday people who have accepted me back into society. In my first couple of years of sobriety I kind of just held on by myself. I knew that God had worked a miracle in my life, but the way I looked at it, I alone was doing all the hard work. As I experienced more sobriety I began to see how those that supported me by encouragement and love were really the wind beneath my wings. At some point I came to realize that if I was to continue to fly the direction I was headed I needed to have a humble attitude of gratitude to those who were traveling with me. Today in my daily reading I came across a study in gratitude, share this with me:
While He was on the way to Jerusalem, He was passing between Samaria and Galilee. As He entered a village, ten leprous men who stood at a distance met Him; and they raised their voices saying, Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!
When He saw them, He said to them, ago and show yourselves to the priest. And as they were going, they were cleansed.
Now one of them, when he saw that he had been healed, turned back, glorifying God with a loud voice, and he fell on his face at His feet, giving thanks to Him. And he was a Samaritan.
Jesus answered and said, Were there not ten cleansed? But the nine, where are they?
Luke 17:11-17 NASB
I can not afford to be one of the nine and not give thanks, I dont want to go back to my old life. God is doing for me what I could not do for myself ..JRE
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In Thy presence if fullness of joy. At Thy right had are pleasures forever. We cannot find true happiness by looking for it. Seeking pleasure does not bring happiness in the long run, only disillusionment. Do not seek to have this fullness of joy by seeking pleasure. It cannot be done that way. Happiness is a by-product of living the right kind of life. True happiness comes as a result of living in all respects the way you believe God wants you to live, with regard to yourself and to other people.
HAZELDEN Twenty-Four Hours A Day
