Passages Through Recovery by Terence T Gorski

Author:Terence T Gorski
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Hazelden Publishing

Step 7: Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings.

Again, this Step baffled me. I know that periodically miracles do happen, but they are few and far between. They are also unreliable. I could not believe that the founders of AA were instructing members to simply sit around and wait for a miracle.

In talking with Father Martin, I developed an understanding that God gives us the courage, the strength, the hope, and the means to remove our character defects. We have to do the footwork. We have to take the action. It’s not enough to simply pray to God and sit back and do nothing. We must pray, visualize the desired outcome, become willing to change, and then when the opportunity is provided, we must be willing to take action.

In one of his lectures, Father Martin said: “God always answers prayers, but He doesn’t always answer them the way we would like Him to. If we pray that we want to become a doctor, God always answers. He says, ‘Go to medical school.’” This is true of all prayers. If we want to overcome irrational behavior, God says, “Go to therapy.” If we want to overcome problems with our spouse, God says, “Go to marital counseling.” If we want to find a better job, God says, “Get job retraining, write out a resumé, and start to look.”

By working Steps Four to Seven, we change on the inside. We get well from the inside out.

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