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bluidkiti · 12-20-2020, 05:39 AM

December 20

What sort of God would it be who only pushed from without?

~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Oh, we hate to be pushed! We get upset and angry when someone is pushing on us. What man likes it? Sometimes God does the pushing, and it takes a while for us to realize it is God’s pressure on us that we feel. Our natural reaction is to resist and push back.

When we keep getting headaches or stomachaches, maybe we should listen for the message. An unsettled feeling in our lives—about women, money, health, work, or something else—may carry a message for us. God might be pushing from within. In this program, we try to develop our ability to hear God’s will for us. Sometimes a problem is, in fact, a spiritual message. When we stop resisting and start listening, we soon grow wiser and stronger.

God, your message is not always clear to me. Today, I will try to put aside my own habit of pushing back so I can have a clearer mind to receive it.

Today's reading is from the book Touchstones, A Book of Daily Meditations for Men

12-20-2020, 05:39 AM	#20
bluidkiti Administrator Join Date: Aug 2013 Posts: 75,930	December 20 What sort of God would it be who only pushed from without? ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Oh, we hate to be pushed! We get upset and angry when someone is pushing on us. What man likes it? Sometimes God does the pushing, and it takes a while for us to realize it is God’s pressure on us that we feel. Our natural reaction is to resist and push back. When we keep getting headaches or stomachaches, maybe we should listen for the message. An unsettled feeling in our lives—about women, money, health, work, or something else—may carry a message for us. God might be pushing from within. In this program, we try to develop our ability to hear God’s will for us. Sometimes a problem is, in fact, a spiritual message. When we stop resisting and start listening, we soon grow wiser and stronger. God, your message is not always clear to me. Today, I will try to put aside my own habit of pushing back so I can have a clearer mind to receive it. Today's reading is from the book Touchstones, A Book of Daily Meditations for Men __________________ "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.