How’s your eyesight?... 

Why is it so much easier to see the problems that other people have when compared to our own? 

Now maybe it’s different for you, but my cross wired head can point out the faults in others while overlooking the issues in my life that need attention. 

The funny thing is, no one ever asks me what’s wrong with them, yet my head likes to show me what it sees that is wrong with others. 

Thank goodness I am used to this twisted thinking and for the most part manage to keep my opinions to myself and my mouth shut. 

I have learned the hard way that when something in another person bothers me, be it their actions, appearance, behaviors, or words, it’s a strong signal that there is something in me and my life that I need to look at and address… Check your experience…. 

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

Lord, let us look in the mirror to see what we can change in us instead of looking to change others, AMEN. 

“Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye?” Matthew 7:3 

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Corrupt data… 

 Have you ever heard of this term? 

 Corrupt data comes from errors in reading, writing, transmitting, and processing data. 

These days, we can have computer trouble, TV trouble, and even car trouble when data is corrupted. It can be fixed by finding and fixing the error. 

We can also have corrupt data in our lives. 

The thoughts that we allow to drive our behaviors and influence our actions can be corrupted from misunderstandings, bad examples, and self-will unchecked. 

This leads to hardened hearts and misery for all. 

God can fix the errors that corrupt our spiritual data. We just have to become willing and let Him. 

How is the data transmission from your head to your heart?.. 

Check your experience… 

“Nevertheless, we find that our thinking will, as time passes, be more and more on the plane of inspiration. We come to rely upon it.” Big Book pg 87 

Lord, let us open our heats to allow Your Spirit to guide our thoughts, actions, words, and will, AMEN. 

“Everything is pure to those whose hearts are pure. But nothing is pure to those who are corrupt and unbelieving, because their minds and consciences are corrupted.” Titus 1:15 

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 Picking our battles… 

Perhaps it’s different for you but every now and then when I am alone with my thoughts, the quiet thought that has been with me for most of my life tries to remind me that not only am I a loser but also I am not worthy of others. 

Now thankfully I have enough Jesus in my heart and Step Work from almost 29 years of sobriety to remind me quickly that this thought is not mine, it is from my disease; get it? …DIS-EASE… 

The disease of addiction capitalizes on this for those times when we struggle with self-doubt and or fear. 

I am thankful for my picket fence of friends in sobriety and my brothers and sisters in ministry who constantly remind me that God is using me for His Will and I need continue with my passion for helping others. 

How are you handling your thoughts of DIS-EASE?.. 

Check your experience… 

“Our thought-life will be placed on a much higher plane when our thinking is cleared of wrong motives.” Big Book pg 86 

Lord, let us go to war on our thoughts and not let thoughts of doubt and fear control our minds, efforts, and actions, AMEN. 

"We fight with weapons that are different from those the world uses. Our weapons have power from God that can destroy the enemy’s strong places. We destroy people’s arguments and every proud thing that raises itself against the knowledge of God. We capture every thought and make it give up and obey Christ." 2 Corinthians 10: 4-5 

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 If you can't see it, then BE it!.. 

Here is a suggestion. Think about this and try it today and this week!

While going about your normal day and doing your same routines, look around today using the eyes of your heart. 

Find someone doing some good and go out of your way to thank them.

Do something good unexpectedly for another today. 

You will make their day and your heart will thank you!.... 

Check your experience… 

"Helping others is the foundation stone" Big Book pg 98 

Lord open the eyes of our hearts today so that we can see and do good for others, AMEN. 

“Therefore, whenever we have the opportunity, we should do good to everyone-especially to those in the family of faith.” Galatians 6:10

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What’s the real price? 

Perseverance and dedication are admirable traits and are certainly needed to be successful but at what cost? 

 It is wise to learn, practice, and train in order to become good at what we do and gain valuable experience in order to be successful. 

But what about the other parts of our lives? 

Think about it. 

How beneficial is it to neglect our family and friends and ignore our Spiritual needs while we pursue a personal or professional goal?.. Check your experience… 

“The central fact of our lives today is the absolute certainty that our Creator has entered into our hearts and lives in a way which is indeed miraculous. He has commenced to accomplish those things for us which we could never do by ourselves.” Big Book pg 25 

Lord, let us set aside our earthly wants and seek Your will for our lives, AMEN. 

“And what do you benefit if you gain the whole world but lose your own soul? Is anything worth more than your soul?” Matthew 16:26 

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What are you wearing?.. 

We have gear for all types of weather, events, sports, hobbies, and seasons. I just learned, and pardon my fashion backwardness, that there are even special shoes just for driving your car! 

While it’s nice to have all of these choices to clothe ourselves properly according to weather, activity, and such…. 

How are we covering, preparing, and protecting our Spirit for all situations we encounter?

Our Bible teaches us to clothe ourselves in love which covers all things. While I’ll admit that sometimes that this is really hard to put on for certain situations, it generally goes much better when I do. 

…Check your experience…

 “…asking each morning in meditation that our Creator show us the way of patience, tolerance, kindliness and love.” Big Book pg 83 

Lord. Let us clothe ourselves in love to handle all people, places, and things that we encounter, AMEN. 

“Above all, clothe yourselves with love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony.” Colossians 3:14 

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Embracing a challenge…. 

When it’s all said and done, we basically have 2 choices with respect to challenges. 

We can either let fear win and stop us from moving through it, or we can park our fears and walk straight into the challenge with faith, hope, and perseverance. 

Think about it. 

It is our own mind that usually stops us from embracing change. 

We tell ourselves through negative self-talk that we can’t. 

Heck we even try to rally others around us to reinforce this thought and gain their agreement that we can’t. This makes it easier not to even try. 

How about looking in your heart? 

That is where the Holy Spirit lives and usually if you listen to your heart, your head quiets down with the negativity…

Check your experience… 

“For if (we) failed to perfect and enlarge (our) spiritual life through work and self-sacrifice for others, we could not survive the certain trials and low spots ahead” Big Book pgs. 14-15 

Lord, let us embrace a challenge knowing we can learn and grow from it, AMEN. 

 “We can rejoice, too, when we run into problems and trials, for we know that they help us develop endurance.” Romans 5:3 

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He sees everything… 

I love watching people. I learn so much from others. It’s interesting to me to watch folks as they interact with others. 

My experience has been that different situations bring different actions and behaviors. 

For instance at the fast food drive through the focus is on the order, as both the attendant and the customer are centered on the purchase of a pre-established menu item, pretty much a no brainer. 

Then there is the grocery store and the need to be in the shortest line. The type A personality verses the passive is fun to watch. The Type A will go all out directly to the short line and heck with whomever has the misfortune of being in their way, while the passive personality will be aware of others and see the type A and clear out of the way letting them go first. 

My favorite is the unexpected assist. One night a while back, I observed a mom with a toddler attempting to fit all of her bagged purchases into one hand while deftly grabbing car keys and freeing the other arm to hold the baby because the cart would not go outside of the store, while shoppers ignored her and moved around her as they exited the store. 

She almost went into shock when I asked her if I could help. After the shock wore off, she saw my smiling wife and figured out quickly I was not a psycho stalker, but she politely refused and gave us a heartfelt thank you for caring enough to ask. 

Remember folks, keep the eyes of your hearts open to see who the Lord puts in your path. It’s always good to offer assistance for the right reasons… 

Check your experience… “It depends on us and on our motives.” Big Book pg 70 

Lord, let us perform good deeds with the only motive of being of service to others and not for personal gain, AMEN. 

“In the same way, the good deeds of some people are obvious. And the good deeds done in secret will someday come to light.” 1 Timothy 5: 24-25 

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 Change has to come from within… 

It’s such a blessing to be around folks who are working to make healthy changes in themselves! 

Their positive motivation and encouragement inspire me to continue to work on myself. 

The key word here for me is WORK. 

Maybe your results have been different, but I have not been able to just think my way to positive change within me and my life. 

I have had to provide the needed actions to change my attitudes, beliefs, habits, and behaviors too. 

The blessings for me in all of this activity is that not only do I begin to become the person God intended me to be, but also, I am building new friendships and relationships as I grow. 

How are you bringing change to yourself?.. Check your experience… 

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

 Lord, let us provide the action and willingness to bring about the needed changes in our lives, AMEN. 

“Get rid of all the sins you have done and get for yourselves a new heart and a new way of thinking.” Ezekiel 18:31 

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 When the going gets tough...

There are times when we are faced with a difficult decision or situation, it seems to be a part of being human. 

Perhaps you are healthier mentally and spiritually than me, but my initial gut reaction is to feel alone, isolate, and let my self-generated fears magnify the difficult moment in an effort to lead me into making a bad choice with my actions or behaviors. 

Over the years I have learned to expect this reaction in me and to not act on it. I turn to prayer and invite the Holy Spirit to guide my words, actions, and choices. When I do, I no longer feel alone, defeated, or fearful. 

Sure I still have to walk through the situation but I no longer let it control me and my attitudes. I remind myself that God has me covered with His Spiritual Armor and I walk through it. 

Is God helping you through those rough patches?...

Check your experience… 

"God either is or He isn't. What was our choice to be?"  Big Book pg 53 

Lord remind our hearts and quiet our minds in times of difficulty that You are with us no matter what, AMEN. 

"When you go through deep waters and great trouble, I will be with you. When you go through rivers of difficulty, you will not drown!” Isaiah 43:2 

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 Pull the weeds trying to grow near your heart. ... 

Static noise and visual distractions are everywhere these days. Our tablets and electronic devices are bombarded with visual ads trying to distract us. 

I just learned that highway billboards are now electronic and change ads in front of our eyes as we drive! 

The ads on "free versions" of Internet radio interrupt our music filling our heads with "offers and specials" Peyton Manning humming the Nationwide jingle is still stick in my head! 

We experience the same type of distractions with our Spiritual walk with Jesus. 

Worldly clamors distract us trying to allow fear, worry, and pride to fuel our self-centered minds away from seeking and doing God's will. 

How many times daily are your good thoughts challenged with earthly interruptions? 

Check your experience. ... 

“His presence had been blotted out by worldly clamors, mostly those within myself." Big Book pg 12-13 

Lord please let us focus on your love and will for us despite all of the earthly distractions around us, AMEN. 

"The seed that fell among the thorny weeds is like those who hear God’s teaching, but they let the worries, riches, and pleasures of this life keep them from growing and producing good fruit.” Luke 8:14 

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Keeping our eyes on our own paper…. 

Remember hearing that when we were in grade school? The temptation to look at our neighbor’s work is based on the fear of doing something new and is a basic part of growing we all go through. 

This temptation takes a twist as we become adults. 

Instead of looking at our neighbor’s work to get the answer, we want to look to compare. 

It is now a pride issue and not a fear issue. 

We want to either catch them doing it wrong or pat ourselves on the back for being better than them. Either way, we are stuck in a self-centered motive fueled by pride and the outcome is never healthy.

 Think about it,.. our best results comes from working with others and not against them. 

 When we focus on doing our best and not get stuck comparing ourselves to others, we are fulfilling a spiritual principle… Check your experience…

“What seemed at first a flimsy reed, has proved to be the loving and powerful hand of God. A new life has been given us or, if you prefer, "a design for living" that really works.” Big Book pg 28 

Lord, let us look at our motives and efforts to see that we are doing the best work that we can, AMEN. 

“Pay careful attention to your own work, for then you will get the satisfaction of a job well done, and you won’t need to compare yourself to anyone else.” Galatians 6:4 

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Get a grip… 

There is a big difference between ‘being in the grip’ and ‘getting a grip’. 

When something has a grip on us, like an illness, we are almost powerless over it until it releases us.

 However, when we get a grip on something, like our Spiritual life, we control the effect it has on us through our motives and efforts. 

Experience along with good counsel from many wiser than me has taught me to get a grip on my Spiritual life instead of remaining in the grip of the worldly clamors of pride, anger, greed, lust, envy, gluttony, and sloth. (PAGLEGS) 

How’s this working out for you? As always, please ….check your experience… 

 “It is easy to let up on the spiritual program of action and rest on our laurels. We are headed for trouble if we do.” Big Book pg 85 

Lord, let us get a grip on our relationship with You through time in Your Word and prayer, AMEN. 

“With all these things in mind, dear brothers and sisters, stand firm and keep a strong grip on the teaching we passed on to you both in person and by letter.” 2Thessalonians 2:15 

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Trying to fill that hole in our heart… 

Have you ever noticed that in certain times of trial or stress, no matter how much thought, effort, and self will you give, it just doesn’t seem enough? Or perhaps you are struggling with that empty feeling and no matter what you attempt to do or use to overcome it, the hole remains. 

That hole is in our hearts and no amount of food, relationships, material things, booze, drugs, or any other man-made solution will fill it. 

That is Jesus knocking on the doors of your heart asking to come in. 

Perhaps you invited Him in long ago but, like the well-worn pair of shoes in the back part of the closet, you leave them there but no longer use them. 

When we have a daily relationship with Jesus, much like our daily relationships with our loved ones, the hole in our heart gets filled and we become complete... Check your experience… 

“There had been a humble willingness to have Him with me -- and He came.” Big Book pg 12 

 Lord, let us look to You to fill the hole in our heart, AMEN. 

 “You have planted much but harvest little. You eat but are not satisfied. You drink but are still thirsty. You put on clothes but cannot keep warm. Your wages disappear as though you were putting them in pockets filled with holes!” Haggai 1: 4-6 

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Clear headed… 

Most of us are busy these days trying to live life on life’s terms. From the jobs we have that provide the income that helps us to have homes to live in, food to eat, and things our families need, to the demands on our time to be available for our spouses, children, parents, friends, and family members; we are constantly busy. 

It’s probably different for you, but one thing I have to constantly watch myself on is to stay engaged and not be “asleep at the wheel”. 

You know what I mean here, just going through the motions without mentally being present. 

I have learned the hard way that when I fall into this trap, not only do I miss out on what is happening, but also the activity in my head fails to match up with the present. 

I have learned to stay clear headed by focusing on the here and now and being present. This keeps my thoughts on what I am currently doing and my head clear of all the other things it wants me to think about instead. 

How’s this working out for you?.. Check your experience… 

“Our thought-life will be placed on a much higher plane when our thinking is cleared of wrong motives.” Big Book pg 86 

Lord, let us keep our minds and hearts clears so we can be present in the moment, AMEN. 

 “So be on your guard, not asleep like the others. Stay alert and be clearheaded.” 1 Thessalonians 5:6 

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Getting what we give….. 

Most of us do a fairly good job of surrounding ourselves with people who we can get along with pretty well. 

However, every now and then we are put into a situation with strangers who make us uncomfortable with their actions or we have an encounter with others whose behaviors may not match up with what we consider acceptable or normal. 

Now perhaps its different for you, but it’s in these times that my self-centered head likes to hold court and begin judging and condemning others because they are not doing or behaving the way I consider acceptable. 

You know what I mean. 

Like the guy who forgot to brush his teeth and you are trapped listening to him go on and on about something you could care less about while your mind tries to determine from his breath what his last meal was. Or the person who is making a mountain out of a mole hill over something that is obviously important to them, yet insignificant in your life. 

Judging others is never good because it warps our opinions and does not give our heart a chance to see why the Lord has put this person in our path. 

We don’t have to agree with everyone we encounter, but we do need to treat them like we want to be treated… 

Check your experience… 

“but we let God be the final judge.” Big Book pg 70 

Lord, open the eyes of my heart and let me seek to understand instead of looking to be understood, AMEN. 

“Since you judge others for doing these things, why do you think you can avoid God’s judgment when you do the same things? Don’t you see how wonderfully kind, tolerant, and patient God is with you?” Romans 2: 3-4 

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Drop the rocks...

Did you ever notice that in times of stress, fear, or extended worry your back usually aches and your shoulders and neck are stiff and tight? Sheesh! 

What's up with that? 

 You are probably familiar with the term 'carrying the weight of the world on your shoulders'; and that is exactly what we are trying to do during these painful times! 

We cannot change people, places, things, or situations. So why do we load our hearts and minds with the weight of things, we cannot change? 

When we block our hearts off from the Holy Spirit, our minds become prisoners of our self-induced thoughts our body takes on the weight of this unnatural stress causing pain in our back, shoulders, and neck...

Drop those rocks! 

Give the weight of the world to God and watch your pains go away!..

As always..... Check your experience… 

"But soon the sense of His presence had been blotted out by worldly clamors, mostly those within myself." Big Book pg 12-13 

Lord let us give the weight of the world to you freeing us to focus on Your will for us and enjoy Your grace and peace, AMEN. 

“Take my yoke upon you. Let me teach you, because I am humble and gentle at heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For my yoke is easy to bear, and the burden I give you is light.” Matthew 11: 29-30 

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 Are we being smart or wise?... 

While these 2 words generally mean the same thing, there is a big difference. 

Being smart comes from relying on our own self driven actions, skills, knowledge, and work. 

Wisdom comes from knowing our limitations, learning from experience, and relying on something or someone outside of ourselves. 

Humility and discernment lead us to wisdom. 

So, my friends I invite you to think (meditate) on this today. 

We need both in our lives and depending on the situation is when we must make the choice. 

Are you being smart or wise?... Check your experience … 

“if it is wisely handled -- and it seems to be in wise and prudent hands -- there are doors of opportunity ahead of this project that may surpass our capacities to imagine." Big Book pg. 572 

 Lord, let us lean toward wisdom when it comes to maters of the heart and will, AMEN. 

 “But the wisdom that comes from heaven is first of all pure; then peace-loving, considerate, submissive, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial and sincere.” James 3:17 

 Have a blessed day y’all 

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