AA Thought for the Day

March 5, 2005

Turn It Over

I got down on my knees for the first time in thirty years.
The prayer I said was simple.
It went something like this:
"God, for eighteen years
I have been unable to handle this problem.
Please let me turn it over to you."
Immediately a great feeling of peace descended upon me,
intermingled with a feeling of being suffused
with a quiet strength.
I lay down on the bed and slept like a child.
An hour later I awoke to a new world.
Nothing had changed and yet everything had changed.

Reprinted from Alcoholics Anonymous, Page 251, with permission of A.A. World Services, Inc.


Thought to Ponder....

Trying to pray is praying.


Recovery Related Acronym

Coffee Pot

P U S H = Pray Until Something Happens.


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