AA Thought for the Day

July 9, 2002

Conceptions

When, therefore, we speak to you of God,
we mean your own conception of God.
This applies, too, to other spiritual expressions
which you find in this book.
Do not let any prejudice you may have against spiritual terms
deter you from honestly asking yourself
what they mean to you.
At the start, this was all we needed
to commence spiritual growth,
to effect our first conscious relation
with God as we understood Him.
Afterward, we found ourselves accepting many things
which then seemed entirely out of reach.
That was growth, but if we wished to grow
we had to begin somewhere.
So we used our own conception, however limited it was.

Reprinted from Alcoholics Anonymous, Page 47, with permission of A.A. World Services, Inc.


Thought to Ponder....

God wants spiritual fruit, not religious nuts.


Recovery Related Acronym

Coffee Pot

G O D = Good Orderly Direction.


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