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bluidkiti · 02-02-2014, 11:15 AM

February 3

SPIRITUAL CHANGE

“We were reborn.” Alcoholics Anonymous, page 63

"Just as you can hear the wind but can't tell where it comes from or where it is going, so you can't explain how people are born of the Spirit." John 3: 8

For what it’s worth: The term "reborn" sounded “religious” to me, and I had a prejudice toward all things churchlike. Sobriety in Alcoholics Anonymous removed the resentment and opened my mind, and now I realize being reborn is a spiritual awakening. In this sense, God has blessed me abundantly. I am not the same man I was. I do not believe I had much to do with it, I can not explain it, and I do not know when it occurred, but the inner turmoil is at peace; there is no rage; denial and defiance disappeared; fears subsided; my mind is sound; and, my soul is no longer empty, but full of hope and gratitude. I am, indeed, reborn of the Spirit. It seems only yesterday I was a worthless drunk.

God bless you.
Joe W.

02-02-2014, 11:15 AM	#3
bluidkiti Administrator Join Date: Aug 2013 Posts: 70,608	February 3 SPIRITUAL CHANGE “We were reborn.” Alcoholics Anonymous, page 63 "Just as you can hear the wind but can't tell where it comes from or where it is going, so you can't explain how people are born of the Spirit." John 3: 8 For what it’s worth: The term "reborn" sounded “religious” to me, and I had a prejudice toward all things churchlike. Sobriety in Alcoholics Anonymous removed the resentment and opened my mind, and now I realize being reborn is a spiritual awakening. In this sense, God has blessed me abundantly. I am not the same man I was. I do not believe I had much to do with it, I can not explain it, and I do not know when it occurred, but the inner turmoil is at peace; there is no rage; denial and defiance disappeared; fears subsided; my mind is sound; and, my soul is no longer empty, but full of hope and gratitude. I am, indeed, reborn of the Spirit. It seems only yesterday I was a worthless drunk. 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.