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Mon, Nov 29, 2004 05:38:35 AM
trusting in a POWER that cares
posted: Mon, Nov 29, 2004 05:38:35 AM
i was at a meeting last night and another member shared about having periodic crises in FAITH. the concept of crisis in FAITH is one i have yet to explore and one which i do not understand. ever since i grew my first spark of FAITH, i have allowed it to grow or stagnate, but never doubted the existence or the care of a POWER GREATER than me.
i do have trouble with some aspects of my FAITH, namely trusting that GOD will take care of things the way I WANT them. i build expectations about outcomes, the get angry or resentful at GOD when the outcomes are not what i desired.
some may say that this in itself is a crisis in FAITH, but i never doubt anymore, i do however question, scheme and manipulate situations over which i really have no power and whine when i end up once again with egg on my face.
practicing my program on a daily basis has started to open my eyes to the fact that my 3rd Step decision is less than stellar and i still cling tightly on to things that i feel somehow i am incapable of trusting GOD to handle, so as i continue down this path, i will do my best to let go, trust GOD and let my FAITH grow.
-- DT --
i do have trouble with some aspects of my FAITH, namely trusting that GOD will take care of things the way I WANT them. i build expectations about outcomes, the get angry or resentful at GOD when the outcomes are not what i desired.
some may say that this in itself is a crisis in FAITH, but i never doubt anymore, i do however question, scheme and manipulate situations over which i really have no power and whine when i end up once again with egg on my face.
practicing my program on a daily basis has started to open my eyes to the fact that my 3rd Step decision is less than stellar and i still cling tightly on to things that i feel somehow i am incapable of trusting GOD to handle, so as i continue down this path, i will do my best to let go, trust GOD and let my FAITH grow.
-- DT --
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☯ The Tao that can be spoken is not the eternal Tao ☯
by Lao-Tse
Translated by James Legge
Book 1
2) The multitude of men look satisfied and pleased; as if enjoying
a full banquet, as if mounted on a tower in spring. I alone seem listless
and still, my desires having as yet given no indication of their presence.
I am like an infant which has not yet smiled. I look dejected and
forlorn, as if I had no home to go to. The multitude of men all have
enough and to spare. I alone seem to have lost everything. My mind
is that of a stupid man; I am in a state of chaos. Ordinary men look
bright and intelligent, while I alone seem to be benighted. They look
full of discrimination, while I alone am dull and confused. I seem
to be carried about as on the sea, drifting as if I had nowhere to
rest. All men have their spheres of action, while I alone seem dull
and incapable, like a rude borderer. (Thus) I alone am different from
other men, but I value the nursing-mother (the Tao).