Religion cannot stand Spirituality. It cannot abide it. For Spirituality may bring you to a different conclusion than a particular religion--and this no known religion can tolerate.
Religion encourages you to explore the thoughts of others and accept them as your own. Spirituality invites you to toss away the thoughts of others and come up with your own.
~Meditations from Conversations with God
Today I am grateful...
- that I can go to the dentist today and not worry about the cost
- that I have almost all my income tax information collected
- for what can be done as a sober member of AA
- for guides from sources all over
- that my Higher Power hand picked a version of today for me
Hope is an anchor for the soul; firm and secure. Hebrews 6:19.
Hope is a big part of everyone’s life. Hope points us to the future. It gives us something to look forward to. It inspires us. When we combine it with our faith we can happily wait for what we are hoping for to happen - even as we get older. Hope is one of God’s principle graces. It goes right along with faith and love. These are the three principles that the Bible says will last forever – faith, hope, and love. ~Yahoo! topic: What is Hope?
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"God hand-picked a version of today for you".
On the way to work today I was thinking about how unique every single life is; how no one else is driving down this road in this particular spot, having been where I've been and going where I'm going. It was a moment of realization of the unimaginable magnitude of God's scope and power and love.
I stopped by here today and left this comment. Have you read it yet?
I'd love to have the "Hope" diamond
But I will gladly settle for the Hope that sobriety has given me. The Hope Diamond can be crushed, but the kind of hope I have, cannot.
And hope is probably at the root of getting through life. If we don't have that, then what's the point? I don't know whether there is a heaven or whether there is life after death. But I can hope that there is.
[Bill nods head while reading quotation from Conversations with God]
i remember having hope that the program could work for me, too. that was the first bit of hope i had had in a long while.
I love God hand picking things for me today! YES..I can use this in my thought process. Thanks Scott
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