Pullin' Weeds

 Pull the weeds trying to grow near your heart...

Static noise and visual distractions are everywhere these days. 

Our tablets and electronic devices are bombarded with visual ads trying to distract us. 

I just learned that highway billboard are now electronic and change ads in front of our eyes as we drive! 

The ads on "free versions" of Internet radio interrupt our music filling our heads with "offers and specials" 

Peyton Manning humming the Nationwide jingle is still stuck in my head! 

We experience the same type of distractions with our Spiritual walk with Jesus. 

Worldly clamors distract us trying to allow fear, worry, and pride to fuel our self-centered minds away from seeking and doing God's will. 

How many times daily are your good thoughts challenged with earthly interruptions? 

Check your experience...

“His presence had been blotted out by worldly clamors, mostly those within myself." Big Book pg 12-13 

Lord, please let us focus on your love and will for us despite all of the earthly distractions around us, AMEN. 

"The seed that fell among the thorny weeds is like those who hear God’s teaching, but they let the worries, riches, and pleasures of this life keep them from growing and producing good fruit.” Luke 8:14 

Have a blessed day Y’all! 

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Eyes on Our Own Paper

Keeping our eyes on our own paper…. 

Remember hearing that when we were in grade school? 

The temptation to look at our neighbor’s work is based on the fear of doing something new and is a basic part of growing we all go through. 

This temptation takes a twist as we become adults. 

Instead of looking at our neighbor’s work to get the answer, we want to look to compare. 

It’s now a pride issue and not a fear issue. 

We want to either catch them doing it wrong or pat ourselves on the back for being better than them. 

Either way, we are stuck in a self-centered motive fueled by pride and the outcome is never healthy. 

Think about it, our best learning comes from working with others and not against them. 

 When we focus on doing our best and not on the other person’s work, we are fulfilling a spiritual principle… 

Check your experience… 

“What seemed at first a flimsy reed, has proved to be the loving and powerful hand of God. A new life has been given us or, if you prefer, "a design for living" that really works.” Big Book pg 28 

Lord, let us look at our motives and efforts to see that we are doing the best work that we can, AMEN. 

 “Pay careful attention to your own work, for then you will get the satisfaction of a job well done, and you won’t need to compare yourself to anyone else.” Galatians 6:4 

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Truth or Lie?

Exchanging the truth for a lie… 

Part of being human and having free will is dealing with the constant challenges we face daily for our attention and focus. 

There are all kinds and types of never-ending noise around us attempting to grab our attention and take us hostage emotionally. 

We are led to believe by many tricksters and false prophets that their product or service will fix us and make us complete. 

It never ends, or so it seems...

The gift of free will is that we can consciously choose what we focus on and what we allow to grab our attention. 

The person, place, thing, or situation that we allow to dominate our mind will eventually invade our heart and drive our behaviors. 

It becomes our God. 

So the suggestion I want to make today is to take a long look in the mirror and ask ourselves, what or who is our God? ..

Check your experience...

"We had to fearlessly face the proposition that either God is everything or else He is nothing." Big Book pg. 53 

Lord let us open our hearts and minds daily to turn our will and lives over to You to be free of the worldly false Gods, AMEN. 

"They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served created things rather than the Creator." Romans 1:25 

Have a blessed day Y'all! 

Join me in looking at the things we face daily with passages from both the Big Book and Bible! 

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