I was touched by this AA Daily Reflections reading pictured above. We read it last Saturday morning in a zoom meeting that I attend—as often as my eyes will open that early—6 am.
Of course, I tried to express myself in the meeting by sharing and articulating how it touched me and botched it completely. In my opinion. I admit that my coffee had not kicked in yet, but I was restricted by a host of other things and all tied up in my feeble brain. Tied up in Self. I have thought a lot about it since.
The sentence that jumped out at me was this one:
"Before I became willing, I depended on myself for all my needs and I was restricted by my incompleteness.”
I was restricted by myself and my own willingness to learn more about the power that was available to me beyond myself.
Limited.
How can growth happen when I am limited by what I already know?
It can’t. I remain stuck. Limited by my own power. My own knowledge. There is no ability to learn more when I don’t have relationship. With others and God. Outside of self.
I am really independent, when I know that I am not just “dependent” on myself—IN dependent. Not dependent on self.
Allowing full access to other knowledge and power.
Real growth
Real faith in action.
Real independence.
“Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see.”
Hebrews 11:1
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