“When you are in the woods, you cannot ever be lost. You are
surrounded by friends and surrounded by God." Joe Coyhis
Stockbridge-Munsee Here are thousands of men and women, worldly indeed. They flatly
declare that since they have come to believe in a Power greater than
themselves, to take a certain attitude toward that Power, and to do
certain simple things, there has been a revolutionary change in their way
of living and thinking. In the face of collapse and despair, in the face
of the total failure of their human resources,
they found that a new power, peace, happiness and sense of
direction flowed into them. This happened soon after they wholeheartedly
met a few simple requirements. Once confused and baffled by the seeming
futility of existence, they show the underlying reasons why they were
making heavy going of life. Leaving aside the drink question, they tell
why living was so unsatisfactory. They show how the change came over them.
When many hundreds of people are able to say that the consciousness
of the Presence of God is today the most important fact of their lives,
they present a powerful reason why one should have
faith.
Big Book pgs. 50 &
51
Creator help us understand who we are in your
world. |