I heard a friend talk about how it is impossible to hear God when we are still talking. Had to giggle.
Sounds obvious, eh?
She said that it looks something like when she is trying to discipline her kids and they are chattering back at her. Wow. Great picture. How can I hear from God if I don’t stop talking and cluttering my mind with the input of the world?
This is the 11th month and when we stop our addictive behaviors and start the work of sobriety, we walk through the 12 steps with our sponsor to identify triggers and problems with our thinking. Then, we continue work with the maintenance—Steps Ten, Eleven and Twelve.
Walking through the 12 Steps, one per month, we find ourselves focusing on:
Step 11 “Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out”
Spiritual growth and development occur slowly and only through discipline and reliance upon God. Our relationship with God is our most important asset. And, having a relationship with God is impossible without communication. As we draw nearer to God in Prayer and meditation, we draw closer to our source of power, serenity, guidance, and healing.
To ignore the need to communicate with God is to unplug our power source.
Meditation can quiet our minds and remove barriers from our conscious thoughts. Well, sometimes quiet is hard for me. So much input in this world, TV, phone, other people talking...Even my own prayers can be too loud. I have to force myself to stop talking. Communication is two-way.
Look at the ocean. Look up at the sky, or wake to this overwhelming and beautiful sunrise!!
And—be still.
No peace can happen until that. It is a conscious decision to remain in conscious contact with God.
I show up sober and God shows me His will today.
“Be still, and know that I am God.”
Psalm 46:10
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