Thought Transformation

Be transformed….. 

Maybe it’s different for you, but I get these pictures in my head of the way my head thinks life is supposed to work. 

When these expectations dominate my thinking and fail to match real life then feelings of confusion and frustration attempt to dominate my mind. 

The thing I have learned over the years is that I have no right to set expectations on others. 

People are human, just like me, and will be prone to faults, fears, and forgetfulness. 

When I block the expectations and just stay in the moment, I have found that not only do things go well, but also my day and my life goes better. 

The blessing is that I get to turn my will and my day over to God every day and just focus on being of service to those He puts in my path. 

Are you allowing expectations to cloud your thinking?.. 

Check your experience… . 

“Before we begin, we ask God to direct our thinking, especially asking that it be divorced from self-pity, dishonest or self-seeking motives.” Big Book pg 86 

Lord, let us trade our expectations of others into You for grace and acceptance, AMEN. 

“Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.” Romans 12:2 

Have a blessed day y’all! 

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Who's Driving the Bus?

Who is driving the bus?..

Have you ever watched a fly trying to go through the glass on a window? 

Even though it’s a different spot on the window, they keep trying over and over again. 

This reminds me of the powerlessness and unmanageability in my life when I try to take on something by myself that I neither have experience in nor understanding of. 

It’s kind of insane to keep doing the same thing over and over again expecting different results. 

This is exactly what we do when we run on self-will. 

Oh sure, we apply more and more effort with a twist of this and an angle on that, but ultimately we are powerless over the situation and our efforts and expectations lead to frustration. 

We can avoid this endless loop of frustration by simply seeking God’s will and not relying on the delusions created by our own self-will… 

Check your experience… 

“…in fact, we could will these things with all our might, but the needed power wasn't there.” Big Book pg 45 

Lord, please help our hearts to know the difference between our will and Your will, AMEN. 

 “When he saw the crowds, he had compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.” Matthew 9:36 

Have a blessed day y’all! 

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The Inner War

Where there is a will… there's a way….

I am sure at some point we have heard the phrase, “the devil made me do it.” 

I know in the past I have used it as a cheap excuse for my behaviors or actions that brought trouble, or caused issues for others. 

The problem is that there really is a nugget of truth attached to this phrase. 

Because God loves us unconditionally, HE lets us keep our free will. 

It’s on us to choose to either use our will or seek His will. 

So in my case when I act on self-will and it causes issues for myself and others, it truly is the devil manipulating me through my selfish and self-centered will. 

Please understand, it’s not the devil’s fault for my actions, its mine to own because I made the choice to follow my will instead of seeking God’s will for the situation. 

So the devil is not really “making me do it”, rather he is using my choice of self will to help me self-destruct. 

How are you allowing the devil to “make you do it”? …

check your experience… 

 “So our troubles, we think, are basically of our own making. They arise out of … self-will run riot,” Big Book pg 62. 

 Lord, let us look into our hearts in times of great temptation to match the desires of our own will against Your will that lives in the Holy Spirit inside of us, AMEN.

 “…for indeed I would not have known what it means to desire something belonging to someone else if the law had not said, “Do not covet.” But sin, seizing the opportunity through the commandment, produced in me all kinds of wrong desires.” Romans 7: 7-8 

Have a blessed day Y’all! 

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