Why We Were Chosen GOD in His wisdom selected this group of men and women to be purveyors of His goodness.  In selecting them through whom to bring about this phenomenon, He went not to the proud, the mighty, the famous or the brilliant.  He went instead to the humble, to the sick, to the unfortunate.  He went right to the drunkard, the so-called weakling of the world.  Well might He have said to us:-      Unto your weak and feeble hands I have entrusted a power beyond estimate.  To you has been given that which has been denied the most learned of your fellows.  Not to scientists or statesmen, not to wives or mothers, not even to my priests or ministers have I given this gift of healing other alcoholics which I entrust to you.       It must be used unselfishly; it carries with it grave responsibility.  No day can be too long; no demands upon your time can be too urgent; no case be too pitiful; no task too hard; no effort too great.  It must be used with tolerance for I have restricted its application to no race, no creed, and no denomination.  Personal criticism you must expect; lack of appreciation will be common; ridicule will be your lot; your motives will be misjudged.  You must be prepared for adversity, for what men call adversity is the ladder you must use to ascend the rungs toward spiritual perfection, and remember, in the exercise of this power I shall not exact from you beyond your capabilities.     You are not selected because of exceptional talents, and be careful always, if success attends your efforts not to ascribe to personal superiority that to which you can lay claim only by virtue of my gift.  If I had wanted learned men to accomplish this mission, the power would have been entrusted to the physician and scientist.  If I had wanted eloquent men, there would have been many anxious for the assignment, for talk is the easiest used of all talents with which I have endowed mankind.  If I had wanted scholarly men, the world is filled with better-qualified men than you who would be available.  You were selected because you have been the outcasts of the world and your long experience  as drunkards has made or should make you humbly alert to the cries of distress that come from the lonely hearts of alcoholics everywhere.      Keep ever in mind the admission you made on the day of your profession in AA- namely that you are powerless and that it was only with your willingness to turn your life and will unto my keeping that relief came to you. ~ Author Unknown ~

If you feel far away from God, guess         who moved?  Fear knocked.  Faith answered.  No one   was there.  What you are is God's Gift to you.  What you become is your gift to God.  I am God's Melody of Life and He Sings  His Song through me.  We can never really go where God is   not, and where He is, all is well.  No matter what is happening in your  life, know that God is Waiting for you with open Arms.  God Promises a safe landing, not a  calm passage.  Do your best and then sleep in peace.  God is Awake.   God has a Purpose and Plan for me that    no one else can fulfill.   The Will of God will never take you    to where the Grace of God will not protect you.   We are responsible for the effort, not    the outcome.   We set the sail; God makes the wind.    Begin to weave and God will Give you     the thread.    When God says "no", it's because He     has something better in store for you.    The task ahead of us is never as    great as the Power behind us.    Prayer: don't bother to give God    instructions, just report for duty.     It's my business to do God's     Business, and it's His Business to take care of my     business.    Serenity is not freedom from the    storm, but peace amid the storm.     How come you're always running around     looking for God?  He's not lost.     God put me on earth to accomplish a      number of things; right now, I'm so far behind I will live      forever.

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