"God as we understood Him" slowly, it dawned on me that I could use
my concepts of my traditional God, the Great Spirit, or in my Indian
language, Kitchi Munito. I became more aware of what I had previously
missed in other A.A. involvement's. AA
Grapevine-July 1979 Saulteaux We
found that God does not make too hard terms with those who seek Him. To
us, the realm of spirit is broad, roomy, all inclusive; never exclusive or
forbidding to those who earnestly seek. It is open, we believe, to all
men. When, therefore, we speak to you of God, we mean your own
conception of God. Big Book pgs. 46 & 47 We
finally saw that faith in some kind of God was a part of our make-up, just
as much as the feeling we have for a friend. Sometimes we had to search
fearlessly, but He was there. He was as much a fact as we were. We found
the Great Reality deep down within us. In the last analysis it is only
there that He may be found. It was so with
us. Big Book pg. 55 Faith is more than our greatest gift; its sharing with others is
our greatest responsibility. May we of A.A. continually seek the wisdom
and the willingness by which we may well fulfill that immense
trust
which the Giver of all perfect gifts has placed in our
hands. Bill W. AA Grapevine April
1961 Creator grant that I understand my relationship to
you.
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