Seasons

Seasons...

It seems we have seasons for everything in our lives. 

We have clothes for the changing seasons. 

Heck, even Arizonans have a jacket in the closet somewhere! 

We have football, baseball, basketball, hockey, and other sports seasons. 

We even have seasons that we can put on our food to spice it up or change the flavor. 

What about our lives? 

It's common to hear that folks are “going through a season” when there is change or challenge in their lives. 

Change is inevitable for all of us. 

It’s part of being human. 

However, it’s how we deal with the change and the seasons in our lives that helps us grow spiritually. 

Maybe it’s different for you, but I have learned to embrace change over the years. 

I may still bristle when it comes unexpectedly, but I clear my mind and remind myself that I turned my will and life over the Lord when I got sober, and that frees me from pride and fear taking control of my thoughts and actions. 

What about you? 

Does change bring resistance and lock you in a battle with your self-centered feelings and pride preventing you from growing? 

Perhaps change ignites fear inside of you, shutting off the Holy Spirit and trapping you within your closed mindset. 

Or maybe you embrace change knowing there is a lesson to be learned and the outcome will make you a better person...

Check your experience...

“Our whole attitude and outlook upon life will change.” Big Book pg. 84 

Lord, thank you for the seasons in our lives that help us to grow in spirit and understanding. Please give our hearts comfort and our minds relief in times of change, reminding us that You know what is best for us and will NOT give us anything we cannot handle, AMEN. 

 “For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven.” Ecclesiastes 3:1 

Have a blessed day Y’all! 

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Another Way to See Things

Another way to see things… 

We use our eyes to see all that this world has to offer. 

That’s part of being human. 

We are also equipped with another way to see. 

Our Spiritual nature inside of helps us to see in a different way. 

We cannot see the air we breathe, yet we take it for granted that it’s here. 

We naturally take it for granted that when we flip a light switch the light will come on and when we put the key into the ignition the car will start. 

This comes from FAITH. 

We learn by doing and by feeling. 

This is how we develop our spiritual eyes. 

Now it’s a fact that we all crawl before we walk. So we cannot develop spiritual eyes overnight. 

Like the air we breathe, light switch, and the key in the ignition, we build up a continued and familiar experience over time that allows us to believe it will work. 

It’s the same with our faith. 

We have to build on it and grow it so that we can rely on it in times of uncertainty… 

Check your experience… 

“In this book you read again and again that faith did for us what we could not do for ourselves.” Big Book pg. 70 

Lord open the eyes of our hearts through building and growing our faith in You and Your Word, AMEN. 

“For we walk by faith, not by sight” 2 Corinthians 5:7 

Have a blessed day Y’all! 

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Judging a Book by Its Cover?

Don't judge a book by its cover...

Looks can be deceiving, especially when we allow our judgement to be based solely on what we initially see. 

Perhaps it's different for you, but I have shared before how my magic magnifying mind likes to trick me into trusting the ideas it generates on its own just for me. 

It pays to learn more of the story before we pass judgement. 

Years ago when I was living and working at the Salvation Army, we had this very small man named Joe. 

He walked funny and had a hard time finding words so it was easy to pass him by as another needy and hopeless cause. 

However as I got to know Joe and hang out with him, our friendship grew and I learned that he was a powerlifter in the gym and before he had a stroke in his mid-20's, he was a college graduate with a promising career in engineering. 

Joe taught me and others to use the gym safely and encouraged me to get my college education and pursue God's calling on my life. 

I am glad I took the time to get to know Joe before he went home to the Lord. 

He helped me a lot. 

 Any "Joe's" in your life where you don't know their story?.. 

Check your experience... 

"We let God be the final judge." Big Book pg. 70.

Lord open the eyes of our hearts so we can see those You send to us, AMEN. 

"Do not judge according to appearance" John 7:24 

Have a blessed day Y’all! 

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