Daily Reprieve - September

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September 21

SACRED SANCTUARY

"Cast all your anxiety on Him because He cares for you." 1 Peter 5:6-7

"To those of us who have hitherto known only excitement, depression, or anxiety -- in other words, to all of us -- this newfound peace is a priceless gift." Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, page 74

For what it's worth: God did not care for me; I slapped Him in the face too often. I existed in this self-built insane asylum until the day I attended my first Alcoholics Anonymous meeting on August 8, 1974. There, despite my prideful resistance, the gifts of sobriety and the Twelve Steps combined with the example of members to free me to come to sane beliefs about God, the world, and me. God's grace has opened my heart, mind, and soul to a safe and holy place of peace where I am wrapped in His loving arms. Why, after many years of sobriety and daily practice of proven principles, am I so often slow and dimwitted about throwing off my burdens and entering my Heavenly Father's sacred sanctuary of serenity?

God bless you.
Joe W.