Step 11

[MajestyJo]

Step Eleven


Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out.
--Step Eleven of Al-Anon


"... praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out" means that we ask on a daily basis to be shown the plan for the day. We also ask our Source for the power we need to carry that through. We will get a yes to both requests.
We do not ask other people to show their will for us. We ask God. Then we trust that we'll be empowered to carry God's will through.
God never, never asks us to do anything that He would not equip us to do. He never asks us to do anything we can't do. If we are to do it, we will be empowered. That's the easy part of this program. We never have to do more than we can, or anything we can't. If we want to worry and fuss we can, but we don't need to. That is our choice.
I have learned, through difficult and good times, that this Step will carry me through. When I don't know what to do next, God does. Working this Step, one day at a time, will take us to places we could never have traveled on our own. Simple acts, done daily in accordance to God's will for us, lead to a Grand Plan for our life.


Today, I will focus on asking God to show me what He wants me to do. I will ask God for the power to do that, then I will go ahead and get the job done. God, help me let go of my fears about living life one day at a time. Help me trust that when life is lived simply and in trust, a beautiful mosaic called "my life" will be woven. I am being divinely led, guided, and cared for.

Language of Letting Go by Melody Beattie

Eventually, in everyone’s recovery comes the day when reason doesn’t cut it and we hit a wall. At this point, you either have a break down or a break through. If you’ve been doing Step Eleven, you’ll have the break through.

Sometimes I have to get on my knees to rise.

Excerpt from the Pocket Sponsor, By The
Hazelden author of ' Day By Day' & other Meditation Books

Step Eleven has been the strength of my recovery. When I read this I thought of the saying, "God answers knee-mail." With my arthritis like it is, my knees are saved for very special occasions. What I call the "heavy duty" stuff.

I have been to that wall many times. I am really grateful for the people in my life that have been there for me to show me the love and support that I needed to take down the bricks and rebuild my life. The hardest thing in recovery was to allow myself to become vulnerable. It is amazing what you can do when you are sick and tired of being tired and sick.

Some posts that I made at another site