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| “Belief in the power of God, plus enough willingness, honesty and humility to establish and maintain the new order of things, were the essential requirements.” |
Page: 44
Step we are on: Step Two
Chapter: "We Agnostics"
Subject: Belief, Willingness, Worship
Good morning today we are beginning page 44 - the Step Two section of the Big Book. Glad you could join us. Lets go:
(Pages
44 through 57)
Chapter 4, “WE
AGNOSTICS,” is truly a remarkable piece of writing. Four short years before writing this Chapter,
the principal author, Bill W., was an agnostic, yet he demonstrates the depth
of understanding a hopeless, agnostic alcoholic may receive in spirituality as
we become students and practitioners of this Textbook. We learn that we already have all the elements necessary to have a successful relationship with our Creator; that we have worshiped something or somebody, loved something or somebody and that we live on faith and little else.
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| "..in every man, woman, and child, is the fundamental idea of God. It may be obscured by calamity, by pomp, by worship of other things, but in some form or other it is there." |
It is just a matter of where we put that faith. Faith in money, power, sex, food - we all have worshiped something and we have put our faith into some supportive element which, to our ego, validates our very existence. All humans are capable placing faith outward – it’s just a matter of what where it goes.
This Chapter begins
with some of the most important information this Book contains. In this Chapter, we learn the truth about the
fatal malady -- alcoholism.
The Authors then give us a test that, if answered honestly, will
tell us if we really need what this Program has to offer. Once he has helped us determine if we are
alcoholics of the hopeless variety, the Text restates our problem, and then the
true answer -- a Higher Power, as we understand Him, who will solve all
our problems.
Once that Promise
is stated, the Book begins to erase some of our objections, ease some of our
resistance, question some of our unreasonableness, open the door to the
willingness to explore the possibilities promised by this Program. It states
where most of us find ourselves as the result of trying to run the show
ourselves.
We are
told that we need not go in search of our Higher Power. He knew we would not know where to look for
Him, so He planted Himself deep within each of us. We need only to learn to
follow the clear-cut directions in this Book to see if that is so with us.
Peace and Love,
Danny S – RLRA
Real Live Recovered
Alcoholic
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