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AA *A Frame Of Reference & Experiencing A New Power

by stacymadson

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In this reading from the AA book, "Daily Reflections" we learn that taking our searching and fearless personal inventory in Step Four provides us with freedom from looking to others for approval. We now have a 'Frame of Reference' for deciding how to live. Then, the "24 Hours A Day" (or "the little black book") asks us the question: "Has there been a revolutionary change in me?" Finally, the meditation and prayer for the day guide us so that we can experience a new power in our lives.

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Daily Reflections,

A frame of reference.

Referring to our list or inventory again,

Putting out of our minds the wrongs others had done,

We resolutely looked for our own mistakes.

Where had we been selfish,

Dishonest,

Self-seeking and frightened?

From Alcoholics Anonymous,

Page 67.

There is a wonderful freedom in not needing constant approval from colleagues at work or from the people I love.

I wish I had known about this step before,

Because once I developed a frame of reference,

I felt able to do the next right thing,

Knowing that the action fit the situation and that it was the correct thing to do.

24 hours a day,

AA thought for the day.

People of faith have a logical idea of what life is all about.

There's a wide variation in the way each one of us approaches and conceives of the power greater than ourself.

Whether we agree with a particular approach or conception seems to make little difference.

There are questions for each of us to settle for ourselves.

But in each case,

The belief in a higher power has accomplished the miraculous,

The humanly impossible.

There has come a revolutionary change in their way of living and thinking.

Has there been a revolutionary change in me?

Meditation for the day.

Meditation for the day.

Worship is consciousness of God's divine majesty.

As you pause to worship,

God will help you to raise your humanity to his divinity.

The earth is a material temple to enclose God's divinity.

God brings to those who worship him a divine power,

A divine love,

And a divine healing.

You only have to open your mind to him and try to absorb some of his divine spirit,

Pausing quietly in the spirit of worship.

Turn your inward thoughts upward and realize that his divine power may be yours,

That you can experience his love and healing.

Prayer for the day.

I pray that I may worship God by sensing the eternal spirit.

I pray that I may experience a new power in my life.

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