Greetings! I write on my OA material daily and post it to my Non-Realtime meetings. This one is from VOR May 24: “In Step Three, we learned faith as we made the most important decision we had ever made, the decision to trust God—as we understand God—with our will and our lives.”
Each morning when I take my time to pray and meditate, I review Steps 1-2-3 to remind myself how I got here, and what works for me. The spiritual principles of those steps are honesty, hope and faith. I am so amazingly grateful for these simple principles. No, they are not always easy, but they are without question the way to freedom.
For me, as a control freak, the idea of placing my will and my life over to the care of my HP seemed not only remote, but crazy! The most wonderful feeling I have ever had is to let go of control, find that HP I can trust completely, and with complete faith, believe that this HP can be entrusted with my will and my life!
All I can say in doing so, having that faith, was the scariest thing, and the most rewarding thing I’ve ever done! This morning at 4 am I woke up with a migraine. I put my trust in my HP; I took a pill and went back to bed. I let my 8:30 am meeting know that I would not be attending and went to sleep until 10:30 am when I woke up feeling better, without pain. I am grateful there was no reason for me to worry and fret. I put my trust in HP, and I got through it without fear. HP will always be there for me as long as I continue to be willing to make that important decision to trust.
Yours in recovery and service,
Ginny
Source: Piedmont Intergroup Summer 2025 – Photo by Anthony Tran on Unsplash
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