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bluidkiti · 09-25-2013, 09:56 AM

September 26

SELF-PUNISHMENT

“And acceptance is the answer to all my problems today.” Alcoholics Anonymous, page 417 (449)

“God treats us much better than we deserve, and because of Christ Jesus, he freely accepts us and sets us free from our sins.” Romans 3:23-24

For what it's worth: I nearly died in drunken despair, believing the Almighty Avenger was punishing me - as I deserved. Alcoholics Anonymous taught me otherwise. I was doing the punishment, not God. He forgives me and accepts me just as I am. My job in sobriety is to learn to forgive and accept myself as does my Creator. That requires full time employment in a hard hat construction area, rebuilding my entire belief system. With God's grace, I have made progress, but I need to keep on my hard hat and be careful no form of self punishment falls on me today; it is easy for me to feel undeserving of my Heavenly Father’s overwhelming kindness and slip into some insidious way of beating up on myself.

God bless you.
Joe W.

09-25-2013, 09:56 AM	#27
bluidkiti Administrator Join Date: Aug 2013 Posts: 75,931	September 26 SELF-PUNISHMENT “And acceptance is the answer to all my problems today.” Alcoholics Anonymous, page 417 (449) “God treats us much better than we deserve, and because of Christ Jesus, he freely accepts us and sets us free from our sins.” Romans 3:23-24 For what it's worth: I nearly died in drunken despair, believing the Almighty Avenger was punishing me - as I deserved. Alcoholics Anonymous taught me otherwise. I was doing the punishment, not God. He forgives me and accepts me just as I am. My job in sobriety is to learn to forgive and accept myself as does my Creator. That requires full time employment in a hard hat construction area, rebuilding my entire belief system. With God's grace, I have made progress, but I need to keep on my hard hat and be careful no form of self punishment falls on me today; it is easy for me to feel undeserving of my Heavenly Father’s overwhelming kindness and slip into some insidious way of beating up on myself. God bless you. Joe W. __________________ "No matter what you have done up to this moment, you get 24 brand-new hours to spend every single day." --Brian Tracy AA gives us an opportunity to recreate ourselves, with God's help, one day at a time. --Rufus K. When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on. --Franklin D. Roosevelt We stay sober and clean together - one day at a time! God says that each of us is worth loving.